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 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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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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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.
Panama's business sector asked President Varela to partially veto Law 570, which establishes an 8% tax on imported and domestically produced sugared beverages.
The rejection of the business sector comes days after the National Assembly approved, in third debate, the bill 570, which establishes an 8% tax for sugared beverages of national production and imported and 10% for syrups and concentrates.
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 2017, Central American countries imported $132 million worth of fruit and vegetable juices, 4% more than in the previous year, this increase being identical to that reported between 2015 and 2016.
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Over the past year, countries in the region imported $448 million worth of non-alcoholic beverages, and 42% of the total was purchased by companies in Panama and Guatemala.
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Between January and June 2017, the region imported $67 million worth of fruit and vegetable juices, 5% more than was purchased in the same period in 2016.
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90% of the $300 million that the countries in the region exported as non-alcoholic beverages were destined for the same Central American market.
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Between January and September 2016 the Central American countries exported 550,000 tons of soft drinks at a value of $230 million, led by Guatemala, with $93 million.
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During the first half of 2016 the Central American countries as a whole exported $156 million worth of non-alcoholic drinks, equivalent to 370 thousand tons.
Data from the report "Exportsof nonalcoholic beverages in Central America", presented by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData.
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