Import of corn in Central America Al March 31st, 2022  

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Between the first nine months of 2019 and the same period of 2020, the total imported value of corn in Central America registered a 10% increase by rising from $685 million to $753 million.

As for the imported volume, it reported an increase as well, in this case from 3.25 million tons to 3.64 million tons.

Import prices
In recent years, the price shows a downward trend, with a 46% decrease for the period from October 2012 to September 2020, falling from $0.35 per kilogram to $0.19 per kilogram.

Imports by Country
From January to September last year, the main buyer by value of corn imports in Central America continued to be Guatemala with $245 million, followed by Costa Rica with $135 million, El Salvador with $120 million, Honduras with $118 million, Panama with $72 million and Nicaragua with $63 million.

For the period in question, imports increased 51% year-on-year in Nicaragua, 20% in Guatemala, 13% in Honduras and 7% in Panama. In the case of Costa Rica and El Salvador, foreign purchases decreased 5% in both cases.

USA, Main corn supplier
During the first nine months of 2020, 87% of foreign purchases by Central American companies were made from the USA, 7% from Mexico, 4% from Brazil, 1% from Argentina and 1% from Thailand.

For the months under analysis in recent years, purchases from Mexican companies have gained ground, as in 2012 they represented 2% of total regional imports and in 2020 that proportion rose to 7%.

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