Pharmaceutical Imports in Central America Al September 30th, 2019  

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Costa Rican Companies: Main buyers
From January to September 2019, the main buyer of pharmaceutical products in Central America was Costa Rica with $611 million, followed by Panama with $524 million, Guatemala with $489 million, Honduras with $381 million, El Salvador with $346 million and Nicaragua with $269 million.

Regarding the year-on-year variation in purchases abroad, for the period in question El Salvador reported a 28% increase, followed by Panama with 19%, Costa Rica with 7%, Guatemala with 3% and Honduras with 0.8%. Nicaragua was the only market in the region to register a negative variation, of -6%.

Regional Business Upwards
Between the first nine months of 2018 and the same period in 2019, the value of pharmaceutical products imported into Central America registered a positive variation, rising from Ch$2,418 million to Ch$2,614 million.

For the periods in question, regional purchases from India increased by 19%, from $134 million to $159 million.

U.S. and Germany: Main Suppliers
Between January and September 2019, 9% of the value imported from Central America came from the USA, 9% from Germany, 8% from Mexico, 6% from India, 5% from Spain and 4% from Colombia.

Germany is the country of origin of Central American imports that has grown the most in the period in question over the last eight years, since in 2012 it represented 4% of the total value purchased, and in 2019 it rose to 9%.

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

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