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Facilitating market access for natural ingredients for cosmetics from Colombia
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Facilitating market access for natural ingredients for cosmetics from Colombia

profound2019-10-04T02:32:37+00:00October 3rd, 2019|Tags: achiote, annatto, Colombia, Cosmetics, extract, Natural Ingredients, sacha inchi, sector development, Swisscontact, vegetable oils|

To support the Colombia + Competitiva (C+C) programme from Swisscontact Colombia, ProFound consultants Jolanda van Hal, Lisanne Groothuis and Gustavo Ferro are developing a roadmap for the natural ingredients for cosmetics sector in Colombia. In addition, they provide individual coaching for three projects in the C+C programme that aim to export specific natural ingredients for cosmetics; sacha inchi oil, Magdalena River nut oil and annatto extract. Our consultants spent the last few weeks in Colombia, where they organised a workshop on the European market for cosmetic ingredients for stakeholders in the Colombian sector. Moreover, they identified key challenges and opportunities in Colombian [Read more]

Nepalese and Tunisian essential and vegetable oils big hit at in-cosmetics

profound2020-03-04T13:31:53+00:00April 26th, 2018|Tags: Cosmetics, essential oils, in-cosmetics, IPD, Natural Ingredients, Nepal, Tunisia, vegetable oils|

At and around in-cosmetics, we’ve supported three companies from Nepal and Tunisia to meet potential buyers. These companies are part of the programmes of the Import Promotion Desk in these countries. They produce a wide range of organic essential and vegetable oils, such as jojoba oil, rosemary oil, and myrtle oil from Tunisia for Bio Orient, and lemongrass oil, palmarosa oil, wintergreen oil and chiuri butter from Nepal for Everest Aroma and Himalayan Biotrade. At in-cosmetics the companies met both new and existing buyers for their products. Afterwards, we met with three essential and vegetable oil buyers in Germany: [Read more]

Exporting ingredients and fresh foods to Germany

Aafke van Sprundel2016-11-01T16:28:03+00:00January 4th, 2016|Tags: CBI, Food ingredients, Fresh fruits & vegetables, IPD, vegetable oils|

Inspired by cooking shows and the importance of healthy living, German consumers are more conscious about their food intake. They increasingly look for health, food and cosmetic products with natural ingredients and are switching to fresh foods in their cooking. For the German Import Promotion Desk, we looked into the markets for fresh beans and pulses, fresh herbs, baby vegetables, gums and resins and olive oil. For these products, we identified opportunities for developing countries by determining (potential) sources of competition, buyer requirements and relevant trends in Germany. These studies will be available on the CBI website, under the sectors Fresh [Read more]