Growth in demand for chemicals and good prices have led to an increase in the sector's exports, which reached $468 million in the first 9 months of 2011.
Growth of Guatemalan exports to other countries of the isthmus has been widespread, amounting to $2,091,000 at the end of the third quarter of 2011, which is 18.3% more than in the same period in 2010.
In 2010 the country exported $818 million worth of chemical products for agricultural and industrial use, 12.2% more than in 2009, when it sold $729 million.
Jlio Ruano, head of Agrequima, the association of agricultural chemical producers, explained that most exports go to other Central American countries.
In the first five months of the year, sales abroad totaled $107.9 million compared to $92 million in the same period of 2009.
Herbicides such as glyphosate, 2.4-D and Paraquat are the main products exported, according to Alfredo Ortiz, head of a Guatemalan association of agricultural input suppliers.
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