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Nicaragua, Main Exporter 
During the first nine months of 2019, the main exporter of milk and dairy products to Central American countries continued to be Nicaragua with $104 million, followed by Costa Rica with $94 million, Honduras with $21 million, El Salvador with $20 million, Panama with $5 million and Guatemala with $1 million.

Intra-regional Trade Behavior
Between January and September 2018 and the same period in 2019, milk and dairy product trade between Central American countries recorded a slight increase of 2%, rising from $240 million to $245 million.

In the case of traded volume, a 5% increase was reported for the periods in question, from 122,520 tons to 128,318 tons.

Main Intra-Regional Buyer
From January to September, El Salvador was the main buyer of the other Central American countries, importing $106 million, of which $78 million went to Nicaragua, $14 million to Costa Rica and another $13 million to Honduras.

Note: For this report, prepared by CentralAmericaData, data from SIECA were used.

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