Cofruveisa

COFRUVEISA is a Guatemalan company formerly known as Cofruve. Cofruve was founded in ***0 and later became COFRUVEISA in ***1. COFRUVEISA is an acronym for COmercializadora de FRUtas y VEgetales Internacional, Sociedad Anƒ³nima. COFRUVEISA‚s primary activity is in the importation, exportation, marketing, and distribution of fruits and vegetables all over Central America. After years of successful growth, COFRUVEISA has reached a position where it minimizes its risks by diversifying the agricultural products it imports and distribrutes locally. Some notable examples are the following: garlic from China; onion, avocados, and mandarins from Mexico; and apples, grapes, and pears from the United States. In ***7, it began importing and marketing yucca from Costa Rica, an item that has been well-accepted by the Guatemalan market. Of these imported products, we export only a small portion of our imported products to various countries in Central America. Actually, we locally produce and export two seasonal products: jocote grown in Jalpatagua, Jutiapa and sweet corn produced in Asuncion Mita, Jutiapa. Additionally, we export and market white onion, yellow onion, bananas, plantanes, and lemons to other Central American countries. The most noteworthy example of an item we import into Guatemala and export all over Central America is the Mexican avocado of the renowned Hass variety. Actually, COFRUVEISA controls *0% of the market share in imported Hass avocados. COFRUVEISA has successfully marketed and sold the Hass avocado to nearly every country in Central America for over ten years now. Our domestic clients are notable as well. Our most important clients consist of the following: the major supermarket chains such as Paiz, Hiper Paiz (now owned by Wal-Mart), supermercados La Torre, Econosuper, and Price Smart among others; over *7 restaurants in the city, the street markets in Cenma Zone *2 and the terminal in Zone 4, as well as over *0 wholesale distributors.