According to the preliminary report from the Bank of Guatemala, the economy will have grown by 4% by the end of 2014, and it is expected that in 2015 growth will be between 3.9% and 4.1%. It is expected that by the end of the year, exports will have increased by 7.7% compared to 2013.

The president of the organization, Julio Suarez told Eleconomista.net that "... Guatemala's economy grew by 2.9% in 2010 and its peak in the last five years was reached in 2011, when there was a rise of 4.2% with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $25.875 million. "

He added that "... The country's GDP, measured based on the eleven most important economic activities of the nation, had as its main strongholds mining and quarrying, manufacturing and agriculture. "

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Source: ElEconomista.net

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