Who are the entrepreneurs who travel with Mauricio Macri in India and Vietnam

This Sunday they start President Mauricio Macri's official visits to India and Vietnam, traveling with officials from other national governments, legislators and representatives of more than 120 companies.

They are entrepreneurs in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, mining and energy sectors, among others. It will aim to strengthen bilateral relations and generate agreements focused on the development of technologies, knowledge-based services, agro-industrial production and biotechnology.

Many of the entrepreneurs who travel are from the domestic SME sector and representatives of regional economies, but among those on the official lists, there are also businessmen like Gabriel Martino (HSBC) Eduardo Elsztain (IRSA) and Gustavo Grobocopatel (Los Grobo), Néstor Nocetti (Globant), Sergio Nardelli (Vicentin), Curia of Mariano (Rizobacter) Rafael Paz (Aceitera General Deheza) and Marcelo Landó (Ledesma Renovables).

Also leaders of Sancor Seguros, Bago, Coto, Newsan, BuyingEn Grupo, Lipotech, Oro Verde, Pipore, Fecovita, Grupo Tigonbu, Manfrey, Dolbi and Arla Foods.

They also travel Daniel Pelegrinathe Argentine rural society; Gustavo IdígorasCIARA (oil); Ángel Machadothe chamber of commerce; Diego Coatz, economist of the UIA; and Osvaldo Calzetta Larrieu, chairman of the National Atomic Energy Commission.

Macri is traveling today on an Emirates Fly flight. Upon return, he will make a brief stopover in the United Arab Emirates and meet with local authorities. The delegation will be between 17 and 19 of this month in India and between 20 and 21 in Vietnam.

This official visit ended during the G20, last December, when Macri met Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister.

"It's a trip that basically has a commercial economic component, India represents huge growth potential for Argentine exports"said the Chancellor Jorge Faurie.

"The objective is to increase the presence of Argentine products acquired in these markets and, for this reason, A delegation of Argentine businessmen from different sectors and sectors is moving, which interest each of the Indian and Vietnamese markets, "he added.

From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they are excited by the figure of one of the fastest growing regions in the world: India is demanding imports worth more than $ 450 billion a year and expects it to be the most populous country on the planet, with 1,500 million inhabitants.

Between January and November 2018, Argentina exported 1 billion 460 million USD to this destination, with a balance of 625 million USD.

Although trade with Vietnam has increased (nearly 2 billion USD in 11 months and a positive balance of 1 billion 400 million USD), the authorities underline the strong growth of the link: sales were multiplied by seven during the last decade. "They buy us a lot today, but we have the opportunity to grow even more."they say.

'S acting specific products, in the case of agriculture, the focus is on lemons, fresh eggs, chia, flour and bone crusher, for l & # 39; India; and in citrus for Vietnam. Officials also pointed out that Indians are very interested in local lithium.

As he described in a column of Infobae the badyst and diplomat Felipe Frydman, "the country has received Indian investment in various areas: TCS (technology), Crisil (services), Wipro (technology), Bajraj (motorcycles), Cellent Technologies, Cognizant Technologies, United Phosphorus (agrochemicals), Glenmar (pharmaceuticals ) and Godrej (tinctures) ".

In addition, local companies in India are Techint, Biosidus, Bagó and INVAP, which have developed a radioisotope manufacturing facility for medical use.

At the same time, the specialist said that "Vietnam has a foreign trade of 424,556 million USD divided equally between imports and exports, that Argentina exported 2,102 million USD and imported 636 million USD. Argentine exports focus on food industry waste, as well as corn and wheat, which account for 92% of the total. It is estimated that Vietnam will continue to increase imports of these products due to the increase in meat production. "

"India is changing rapidly, generating vast opportunities for trade and investment development, we are working with medium and long-term goals, thinking that the India of tomorrow would be one. of the biggest markets in the world, "they added to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. negotiations to "deepen the agreement of fixed preferences in force between Mercosur and India, in order to expand the number of Argentine products offering better access to this important market (tenth world importer) ".

"This trip is a great opportunity to open new markets. Many meetings have already been organized and we hope to discuss with equipment suppliers that are not made in Argentina. There are many expectations, "said Cordovan Daniel Salomon, CEO and founder of BuyingInGroup, a company swimming pool 700 retail stores across the country in the areas of industrial hardware, camping and fishing, bazaar, lighting and faucets.

In addition, Macri travels accompanied by Faurie; the deputy chief of staff, Andrés Ibarra; the secretary of the agribusiness, Luis Miguel Etchevehere; the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Emilio Monzó; the Secretary of Strategic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fulvio Pompeo; the Foreign Economic Relations Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Horacio Reyserand Juan Pablo Tripodi, holder of the Argentine Agency for Investment and International Trade, among other officials.