Washing Machines: $101 Million in Regional Purchases

In the first nine months of 2018, Central America imported $101 million in washing machines and their parts, and purchases from Thailand grew 8% compared to the same period in 2017.

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Import of clothes washers and their parts in Central America Al March 31st, 2022  

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Costa Rica and Guatemala, main buyers
During the first nine months of 2018, the main buyer of washing machines in Central America was Costa Rica, with $29 million, followed by Guatemala, with $22 million, Panama, with $19 million, El Salvador and Honduras, with $13 million each, and Nicaragua, with $7 million.

Central America buys more washing machines
For the periods between January and September 2017 and the same period in 2018, the value of imported washing machines and their parts in Central America slightly decreased from $102 million to $101 million.

Main suppliers in the region
In the first nine months of the year, 23% of regional purchases were from the U.S., 21% from Mexico, 20% from China, 17% from Thailand and 5% from Brazil.

For the months concerned in the last seven years Thailand is the market of origin of imports that has grown the most, since in 2012 represented 11% of regional purchases and in 2018 the proportion rose to 17%.

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