Central American countries imported $33 million in fruit and vegetable juices in the first quarter of 2018, 4% more than the same period last year.
Figures from the information system of the Fruit and Vegetable Juice Market in Central America, from the Business Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
During the first three months of the year, the countries of the region reported imports of alcoholic beverages for $88 million, 25% more than what was reported in the same quarter of 2017.
Figures from the information system on the Alcoholic Beverage Market in Central America, from the Commercial Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Clic to view chart"]
Panama is the country where the highest proportion of beer consumption was reported with respect to total alcohol consumed, with 77%, followed by Costa Rica and Guatemala, with 64% and 56%, respectively.
TheGlobal Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018, published by the World Health Organization (WHO), details statistics up to 2016 on consumption of alcoholic beverages in different countries.
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.
Figures from the information system on the Alcoholic Beverages Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
It has been reported that six out of ten bottles of liquor consumed in Costa Rica are of illegal origin, and this situation has been attributed to the heavy tax on alcoholic beverages in the country.
An investigation published by Crhoy.com details the figures on the market of illegal alcoholic beverages in Costa Rica.The document concludes that between 2014 and 2017 the value of the illicit liquor market has grown almost 50%.
From January to March of 2018 Central American countries bought $40 million worth of malt beer from abroad, 46% more than the same period in 2017.
Figures from the Information System on the Malt Beer Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
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.
Figures from the information system on the Bottled Water Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
The beverage concentrate production plant that Coca Cola has started building in Liberia, Costa Rica, will measure 34,000 square meters and is scheduled to start operating in January 2020.
The plant will be located within the Zona Franca Solarium, in a plot of land measuring 103,000 m2. The factory will produce 90 compounds that are used for beverages that are exported to Central America, the Caribbean, Chile, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives said in a statement.
In 2017, countries in the region recorded imports of alcoholic beverages totalling $334 million, which is an increase of 3% compared to the figures reported in 2016.
Figures from the information system on the Alcoholic Beverages Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
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.
Figures from the information system on the Fruit and Vegetable Juice Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Last year countries in the region imported $75 million worth of wines, 5% more than in 2016, and the increase was mainly due to the behavior of imports from Spain.
Figures from the information system on the Wine Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
In 2017, companies in the region bought $24 million worth of bottled water from abroad, 11% more than was reported in 2016, and 53% came from the United States.
Figures from the information system on the Bottled Water Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
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.
Figures from the information system on the market for Non Alcoholic Beverages in Central America complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [Figure caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
From January to September 2017, Central American countries bought $18 million worth of bottled water from abroad, 11% more than in the same period in 2016.
Figures from the information system on the Bottled Water Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
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.
Figures from the information system on the Fruit and Vegetable Juice Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
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