Agricultural Assistant at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Mexico
My name is Frank Hoogendoorn and I work in the Netherlands Embassy in Mexico
Mexican inspiration
There are many differences between regions;
every place has its own typical food,
its own typical history,
its architecture
well, its people... That inspires me a lot.
My wife is Mexican
so since the very first day
I'm part of all the customs,
all the engagements.
My biggest advantage was to have a Mexican lifestyle
An ocean of possibilities
We're both countries with a coast.
The port of Rotterdam is very important and well-known around the world
and it's the entrance to Europe for many products.
On the coasts of Mexico there are several ports as well
and this ports connect us,
there's an ocean in between
but these ports allow us to
export and import products.
Both countries are great tomato exporters
globally Mexico is the number one
and the Netherlands is number two.
The Mexican horticulture sector is developing
and they are interested in getting Dutch technologies.
I receive requests from Mexican people who want to go to the Netherlands
and see with their own eyes how does the sector work there
Production takes place in substrates
with trickle irrigation
in controlled environments
where you can control
the temperature, ventilation,
the amount of light inside
and with all these technologies
the Netherlands can be a good partner
Dutch technology with Mexican outcomes
Mexico is a huge country,
if I'm not mistaken, the Netherlands fits 47 times in the Mexican territory,
and the different climates,
create the need to
adapt certain technologies to Mexican situation
and that is exactly what Dutch providers are doing
they sell products which have been adapted
to local circumstances.
Even though we answer all the questions,
sometimes you don't know exactly what is going on
with the contact you provided
or with the link you enabled between two people or two companies
but the statistics show that
there is a business increase,
every year there's more import of Dutch products,
there's more export of Mexican products to the Netherlands
and that gives us a lot of satisfaction