COFOCE presents the figures for 2022 and its projects for the next year The closing figures from January to June 2022, historical achievements wer
COFOCE presents the figures for 2022 and its projects for the next year
The closing figures from January to June 2022, historical achievements were presented, plus the COFOCE projects for next year
Da click en el link al final de la nota para leer en español:
Leon/Gto News
The Coordinator for the Promotion of Foreign Trade -COFOCE- held its last press conference of 2022, with the presentation of the figures from January to June 2022 of Guanajuato exports and the presentation of the projects for 2023, in the Guanajuato Hall of the Nueva Estancia hotel.
Exports in the first half of 2022 were for more than 15 thousand million dollars, with a variation of 12.5% compared to the same period of the previous year. Guanajuato remains in the sixth position in Mexico as one of the main exporting States.
The press conference was headed by Luis Ernesto Rojas Avila, General Director of COFOCE , who shared relevant data about this update on Guanajuato’s exports.
“It has been a historic year in all senses for the issue of exports, we have record figures that we previously believed were unattainable; the traditional sectors had a constant and double-digit growth in 2022”, said Rojas Avila.
Exports of the SCIAN subsector:
- Machinery and equipment, Textile supply and finishes, Basic metal industries, Clothing, Metal products, Leather and Leather tanning, Plastic and rubber industry, Food industry, Transportation equipment, increased 6%
These industries are 69% of the total exports of the State.
The Food Industry of Guanajuato in the first semester of 2022 achieved the figure of more than 430 million dollars, with a growth of 13% compared to last year.
Some of the historical data of COFOCE during this 2022 are:
- More than 1,500 exporting companies
- 1st place as an exporter non-border state
- 1st. place as exporter of the agro-food sector
- 1st. place in export of molcajetes to Hong Kong
- Historical sales of the craft box through NOVICA that reached Israel
- 1st. in internationalization of the aerospace sector with RECARO
- More than 20 million pairs of footwear exported from Guanajuato
- 500 million dollars in footwear exports
The director of COFOCE presented some of the main projects for 2023. Among these projects are:
- Launch of a COFOCE Podcast “Global Talks”, a space to discuss topics related to Foreign Trade, Crossborder eCommerce , success stories, internationalization, and new trends from the voices of industry experts, which will be active starting December 15th on the Spotify and Amazon Music channels, as well as through social networks and YouTube.
- Growth of Digital Villages COA 2023
- A new edition of eCommerce GO
- Private Equity (Summit), Made in GTO in its third season
- Launch of COFOCE GO magazine
- The seventh edition of Foro GO in October 2023
With these events and actions, COFOCE continues to work to promote the internationalization of the State of Guanajuato.
If you are interested in knowing more, come to COFOCE! at:
En Español:
