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Panama and Costa Rica: Main Buyers in the Region
During the first quarter of the year, the main importer of dog and cat food conditioned for retail sale in Central America was Panama, with $12 million, followed by Costa Rica, with $9 million, Guatemala, with $8 million, El Salvador, with $7 million, Honduras, with $6 million, and Nicaragua, with $5 million.

Central American Business Up
Between the first quarter of 2018 and the same period of 2019, the volume of imported dog and cat food preparations registered a 6% increase, rising from 42 thousand tons to 45 thousand tons. The imported value also grew from $42 million to $47 million.

For the periods in question, the value imported from the U.S. increased 7%, growing from $13.7 million to $14.7 million.

US Main Supplier
During the first three months of the year, 31% of the value imported from Central America came from the U.S., 23% from Mexico, 1% from France and 1% from Colombia.

The U.S. is the market origin of imports that has grown the most for the months in question of the last eight years, as in 2012 represented 27% of total purchases in Central America, and in 2019 that proportion rose to 31%.

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

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Pet Food: Purchases Up 17% in 2018

June 2019

Last year, companies from countries in the region imported $193 million in food for dogs and cats, 17% more than was reported in 2017.

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Pet Food: Market Increases

March 2019

In the first nine months of 2018, countries in the region imported $142 million in dog and cat food, 17% more than in the same period in 2017.

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Pet Food: Business Increasing in Central America

January 2019

In the first six months of last year, countries in the region imported dog and cat food for $92 million, 14% more than in the same period in 2017.

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Animal Feed Imports from the USA Up 9%

August 2017

In 2016, the value of Central American imports of animal feed from the United States totaled $95 million, 9% more than in 2015.

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