In the third quarter of 2018, Central American exports totaled $23,702 million, reporting an increase of less than 1% compared to the same period in 2017, because of the lower dynamism of sales from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
According to the Central American Trade Monitor for the Third Quarter 2018, prepared by the Secretariat of Central American Economic Integration (SIECA), imports of goods in the region totaled $54,665 million from July to September last year, recording a 6.5% increase over the same period in 2017.
During 2018, the country registered exports of electric energy for $181 million, 76% more than reported in 2017, and its main buyers were El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico.
The most recent data from the Bank of Guatemala show that last year Guatemala sold $119 million in electricity to El Salvador, $37 million to Honduras, $1.2 million to Nicaragua and $930,000 to Costa Rica.
From January to November last year, the country exported $165 million in electricity to Mexico and Central America, 73% more than in the same period in 2017.
The Report of the Monetary, Exchange and Credit Policy of the Banco de Guatemala, details that the energy exportations are mainly caused by the investments made in the electricity transmission network of the country, which has allowed satisfying the increase of the demand coming from El Salvador and Honduras.
Petroleum products, iron and steel, food and pharmaceutical products, headed last year's purchases from companies in the South American nation from Central American countries.
Figures from the Central American-Ecuador Trade Information System complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAPHIC caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
Last year, mineral fuels, plastic articles and food led the commercial exchange between Peruvian and Central American companies.
Figures from the Central American-Peru Trade Information System complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAPHIC caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
Plastic articles, pharmaceutical products and food preparations last year led the commercial exchange between companies from the Caribbean nation and Central American countries.
Figures from the information system of Commerce between Central America and the Dominican Republic, compiled by the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Fuels, plastic goods and pharmaceutical products led last year's imports made by Central American companies in the South American nation.
Figures from the information system of Commerce between Central America and Colombia, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData:[GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Trade in goods and services between the countries of the region amounted to $4.792 billion during the second quarter of the year, 3% more than in the same period of 2017.
Central America's total exports reached USD 16,299.7 million in the second quarter of 2018 and increased by 1.7% over the same period last year. 29.4% of exports went to the Central American market, while the remaining 70.6% went to third markets.
The five fastest growing products in the exportable offer in the third quarter of 2017 covered 45% of total exports and were medical devices, sugar, pineapple, parts for transmitters and receivers for televisions, radios and the like, and bananas.
From a quarterly report on Exports of Goods and Services up to the III quarter, by Procomer:
Trade in goods in the region is showing signs of recovery with an increase in exports to third-party trading partners and an increase in intraregional imports.
From the Trade Monitor report by the Economic Secretariat for Central American Integration (SIECA):
Central America, July 10, 2017.Trade in goods in Central America shows signs of recovery with an increase in exports to third-party trading partners and an increase in intraregional imports, according to figures from the most recent Central American Trade Monitor for the first quarter of 2017.The main results derived from the Monitor are as follows:
Between January and September 2016 the region exported 664,000 metric tons of coffee, 5% more than in the same period in 2015.
Figures from the information system on thecoffee market in Central America complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [Figure caption = "Click to interact with graphics"]
Between January and September 2016, Central America exported 37,000 tons of frozen fruit, 9% less than in the same period in 2015.
Figures from the information system on thefrozen fruit market in Centralcomplied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [Figure caption = "Click to interact with graphics"]
In the second quarter, the region exported $14,440 million, of which 31% went to the intra-regional market and 69% to other markets.
From the Trade Monitor of the Economic Secretariat for Central American Integration (SIECA):
Central America, October 6, 2016.The dynamics of regional trade continue in a negative phase in terms of aggregate growth and internal results in many countries, however, when compared with that seen in the previous quarter a slowdown can be seen in retail trade.
Between January and November, the region exported 651,000 metric tons of coffee, 4.14% more than in the same period in 2014.
Figures from Central Agricultural Monitor, prepared by the Business Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData.com reveal that Central American coffee exports maintained their growth.
Between January and November 2015, the region exported 651,517 metric tons of coffee, equivalent to $2,387.7 million.
Between January and September the region exported 634,000 metric tons of coffee, 6% more than in the same period in 2014.
Figures from Central Agricultural Monitoring, prepared by the Business Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData.com reveal that Central American coffee exports maintained their growth.
Between January and September 2015 the region exported 5634.885 MT of coffee, equivalent to $2,340 million.