NEW YORK, June 10, 2016 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Costa Rican food companies are showcasing the country's diverse selection of organic snacks, premium roasted coffee, chocolate, and specialty food products when they attend the 2016 Fancy Food Show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in NYC on June 26-28.
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In addition, Essential Costa Rica is inviting the media to sample products during a breakfast tasting before the conference starts on Monday, June 27th. The Fancy Food Show is North America's largest specialty food and beverage event, showcasing over 180,000 products including confections, cheese, coffee, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, and organic.
Thanks to its rich volcanic soils and incredibly diverse microclimates that offer a wide range of production options, Costa Rica has made agribusiness a major part of its economy. Costa Rica has become an export leader within Central and South America with shipments from the country estimated at $9.7 billion in 2015. In 2015, food industry exports from Costa Rica rose to $1.48 billion, up from 2014.
More than 70 years of experience mixed with know-how, innovation, and best practices have provided the foundation of the Costa Rican food industry to sell specialties throughout the world. Currently, almost 350 different agricultural and food-processed goods are exported to more than 91 countries worldwide including Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, the United States, China, and Japan.
"The Fancy Food Show gives us a great platform in which to show the U.S. food industry the natural, authentic flavors and diverse products that are available from Costa Rica," said Maykool Lopez, Trade Commissioner & Director of the New York Office of PROCOMER, Costa Rica's Export Promotion Agency. "Not only is Costa Rica the world's largest exporter of pineapples and third-largest exporter of bananas, but they're also the third-largest exporter of hearts of palm, yucca root, yams, and taro. These exports have grown with the global market demand for these specialty and ethnic foods."
Costa Rican companies featuring products at the Fancy Food Show include:
"We're hoping to educate people on not only the various products that Costa Rica exports but also about the brand Essential Costa Rica, which shows the values of the country," said Lopez. "These values are demonstrated in every product through a very formal evaluation process to assure Innovation, Social Progress, Excellence, Sustainability, and Origin."
"Essential Costa Rica reflects the essence of what we are: one small country, people focused and full of talent, expertise warmth, innnovation, and entrepreneurial spirit," continues Lopez. "This differentiates our food industry from the rest of the world and really showcases what Costa Rica has to offer."
To RSVP for the breakfast on Monday, June 27th, please email Lacey Beattie at lacey@conway.com.
PROCOMER: The Export Promotion Agency of Costa Rica
PROCOMER is in charge of promoting the exportation of Costa Rican goods and services throughout the world, to assist in the development of Costa Rica and its country brand Essential Costa Rica. The agency was created in 1996 to simplify and facilitate the exportation procedures, generate exportation chains, register exportation statistics of goods, and perform market studies. Its mission is to promote commerce and investment abroad with an eye towards being the strategic benchmark for the private business sector for foreign commerce and investment.
Media Contact: Lacey Beattie, Conway PR & Marketing, 304-942-2453, lacey@conway.com
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