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Intraregional Trade Still Rising
Between January and September 2018 and the same period in 2019, trade in paints and varnishes among Central American countries registered a 4% increase, from $91 million to $94 million.

The year-on-year increase recorded in transactions in the first quarter of 2018, is contrary to the behavior reported in the same period of 2018, when a decrease of 9% was recorded.

Costa Rica, Main Supplier
From January to September 2019 the main exporter of paints and varnishes in Central America continued to be Costa Rica with $40 million, followed by El Salvador with $29 million, Guatemala with $21 million, Nicaragua with $3 million and Honduras with $400,000. Panama did not register significant sales.

Main Intra-Regional Importer
For the months in question last year, Honduras was the largest buyer of paints and varnishes from the other Central American countries, importing $25 million of which $10 million went to Costa Rica, $8 million to El Salvador and $6 million to Guatemala.

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