For the third quarter of 2021, imports of non-alcoholic beverages reached $412 million in the Central American region, the main supplier was Guatemalan companies with $100 million.
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During 2020, imports of fruit and vegetable juices by companies in the region totaled $79 million, and purchases from Brazilian companies increased 45% over what was reported in 2019.
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After in August 2020, in the context of the pandemic caused by covid-19, regional imports of bottled water dropped to a historic low of $700 thousand, in the following months a recovery was evidenced and in December the figure rose to $2 million.
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From January to June 2020, bottled water imports in Central America totaled $12 million, and purchases from companies in Mexico increased 86% compared to the same period in 2019.
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From January to September 2019, bottled water imports in Central America totaled $18 million, and purchases from companies in the United States increased 14% over the same period in 2018.
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From January to September 2019, companies in the region bought fruit and vegetable juices abroad for $95 million, 5% less than in the same period in 2018, mainly due to the drop-in imports from Honduras and El Salvador.
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During the first half of 2019, imports of bottled water in Central America totaled $12 million, and purchases from companies in the United States increased 10% over the same period in 2018.
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In the first three months of 2019, countries in the region imported non-alcoholic beverages for $109 million, and purchases from the U.S. grew 10% over the same period in 2018.
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During the first quarter of 2019, imports of bottled water in Central America totaled $7 million, 7% more than what was purchased in the same period of 2018.
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In the first nine months of 2018, countries in the region imported non-alcoholic beverages for $327 million, 3% less than the same period in 2017.
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Regional Imports Decline
Between January and September 2017 and the same period in 2018, the value imported into the region fell 3%, from $337 million to $327 million.
In the first six months of 2018, countries in the region imported non-alcoholic beverages for $217 million, with 59% of the total purchased by companies in Panama, Guatemala and El Salvador.
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In the first quarter of the year, countries in the region imported $106 million worth of non-alcoholic beverages, and 40% of the total was purchased by companies in Panama and Guatemala.
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In the first quarter of the year, purchases of bottled water in Central America totaled $6.2 million, registering a reduction of 3% compared to the figures reported in the same period in 2017.
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