The Banco de Guatemala report stated that the total exports of General Commerce were at US$7,347.5 million, lower by US$183.3 million (-2.4%) to the registered to August 2017 (US$7,530.8 million). The most important products according to their participation in the total value of exports were: Clothing with US$963.2 million (13.1%), Coffee with US$601.6 million (8.2%), Banana with US$532.2 million (7.2%), Sugar with US$488.5 million (6.6%) and Fats and edible oils with $347.1 million (4.7%). These products represented 39.8% of total exports.

According to the Central Bank report, the main export destinations were: United States of America with US$2,662.8 million (36.2%), Central America with US$2,066.2 million (28.1%), Eurozone with US$600.8 million (8.2%), Mexico with US$343.2 million (4.7%), and Panama with US$163.3 million (2.2%), countries and regions that together represented 79.4% of the total.

On the other hand, the total imports were of US$13,003.6 million, higher than the registered in August 2017 by US$1,085.2 million (9.1%) (US$11,918.4 million). The increase in imports was mainly influenced by the positive variation observed in Raw Materials and Intermediate Products with US$420.5 million (10.7%), as well as Fuels and Lubricants with an increase of US$404.1 million (22.6%).

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