#Although the main buyer of Guatemalan coffee is the United States, there are indications that Asian countries tend to appreciate Guatemalan coffee more, paying a higher price for it, notes the report "Guatemalan Coffee: A Focus on the World Market and Its Productivity.

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The document of the Association for Research and Social Studies (ASIES) states that "... According to export figures published in March 2018 by Anacafé, one of the main exporting countries is South Korea, the country that best paid for coffee with an average price of US$ 172.01 per quintal of green coffee. While Italy paid the worst for coffee with an average price of US$ 140.57 per quintal."

The analysis concludes that "... Maintaining the competitive strategy of differentiation with superior quality - taking advantage of the country's geographical conditions and climate - seems to be the path that Guatemalan coffee should follow."

See "Coffee: Export falls 9% up to 1st Semester 2018"

According to reports from CentralAmericaData in the first semester of 2018 the main coffee exporter in Central America was Honduras, with $830 million, followed by Guatemala, with $474 million, Nicaragua, with $322 million, Costa Rica with $228 million, El Salvador, with $83 million and Panama with $11 million.

The report adds that from January to June last year 34% of the value exported from Central America was to the U.S., 16% Germany, 15% Belgium, 6% Italy and 4% Japan.

See "Guatemalan Coffee: A Focus on the World Market and Its Productivity" (In Spanish).

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