Seven businesses from Japan met with Guam companies this week as local economic officials seek to turn interest in island-made products into potential export opportunities in the Japanese market.<\/p>\n
The Guam Economic Development Authority hosted the Japan Inbound Trade Mission in partnership with the Western United States Agricultural Trade Association, bringing importers, distributors, food manufacturers, restaurants and a culinary institute to Guam.<\/p>\n
The mission gave local businesses an opportunity to meet directly with potential Japanese buyers and suppliers, including through business-to-business meetings and site visits. It coincided with the Guam Hotel & Restaurant Association’s Pacific Hotel & Restaurant Expo, or PHARE.<\/p>\n
Participating Guam businesses included Denanche’ Guam, Asiga, Everything Guam, Kingfisher’s Noni, Local Jerk Guam, The Coconut Tree Company and The Green Turtle Coffee.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Japan Inbound Trade Mission provides an opportunity for our Guam companies to showcase our unique, island-made products and prove that we can compete on an international stage,\u201d Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero said. \u201cThe trade mission builds on GEDA\u2019s initiatives in the past few years to target the Japan export market and support the growth and expansion of our local small businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
The visiting businesses represented different parts of Japan’s food industry, offering Guam companies opportunities to establish relationships that could eventually put locally produced goods into the Japanese market.<\/p>\n
Two local government representatives from the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly also accompanied the Japanese delegation.<\/p>\n
The trade mission included visits with Guam businesses intended to establish potential buyer-supplier relationships. During PHARE, Guam companies showcased their products, while a chef demonstration incorporated some locally made food products into a menu.<\/p>\n
Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio said the mission could help bring Guam-made products to consumers beyond the island.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur local entrepreneurs are Guam\u2019s ambassadors to the rest of the world, sharing our culture through their craft and products,\u201d Tenorio said. \u201cThe trade mission is yet another step closer to seeing our products on the shelves of retail stores and used by food establishments and families in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n
WUSATA is a nonprofit regional trade organization that promotes exports of U.S. food and agricultural products from the western United States, including Guam, to international markets.<\/p>\n
The mission is part of GEDA’s broader effort to develop Japan as an export market for Guam businesses while encouraging the expansion of locally made products.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank the Guam Hotel & Restaurant Association for providing a space for our companies to share their locally made products not just locally, but to the region,\u201d GEDA CEO and Administrator Christina D. Garcia said. \u201cParticipating in PHARE is part of our continued efforts to support our entrepreneurs and encourage everyone to buy Guam.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven businesses from Japan met with Guam companies this week as local economic officials seek to turn interest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[191,189,2658,1708,8,188,190,1714],"class_list":["post-78768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-economy","tag-economy-of-japan","tag-export","tag-guam","tag-japan","tag-japans-economy","tag-japanese-economy","tag-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}