For 2021, there was a 74% increase equivalent to $548 million for a volume of 1,028,504 tons of ceramic products, with Guatemala being the largest importer with $83 million, the main supplier to the Central American region was Spain with 19% of purchases with $105 million.
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During 2020, the main buyer of ceramic products was Guatemala with $83.2 million, in this year the purchases mainly came from China with a value of $75.4 million.
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During the first six months of 2020, $138 million in ceramic products were imported in the region, and almost 51% were purchased by companies in Costa Rica and Guatemala.
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During the first nine months of 2018, $263 million in ceramic products were imported, and almost 50% was purchased by companies in Costa Rica and Guatemala.
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During the first half of the year, Central America totaled $177 million in imports of ceramic products, and purchases from Spain rose 11% over the same period in 2017.
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In the first quarter of the year Central America imported $90 million worth of ceramic products, and purchases from the European country grew by 3% compared to the same period in 2017.
Figures from the study on the Market for Ceramic Products in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData:
Explained in part by imports from Spain, last year purchases from Central American countries grew by 7% compared to 2016, totaling $386 million.
Figures from the study on the Ceramic Products Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAPHIC caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
In 2017, countries in the region imported $46 million worth of ceramic products from Mexico, and 48% was purchased by companies in Guatemala and Panama.
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In the first nine months of 2017, countries in Central America imported $291 million worth of ceramic products, 3% more than what was purchased in the same period in 2016.
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Between January and June 2017, imports of ceramic products totaled $38 million, and the value purchased from Spain increased by 3%.
Figures from the information system on the the Ceramics Market in Panama, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
In the first half of 2017, Central American countries imported $193 million worth of ceramic products, 5% more than the purchases in the same period in 2016.
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In 2016 imports of ceramic products in Panama totaled $78 million, and the value imported from Brazil went up by 4%.
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In 2016 Central American countries imported from Brazil $36 million worth of ceramic products such as tiles, paving stones, floor tiles and others, which represents an increase of 21% compared to 2015.
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Tires, ceramics, auto parts and raw materials are part of the list of 2,800 products which will incur higher fees in order to enter the Ecuadorian market from March 11.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Ecuador:
The external landscape has changed expectations regarding our balance of payments and we are facing a new scenario which affects the commercial arena which is low oil prices, the appreciation of the US dollar, so it is necessary to take measures to regulate the general level of imports and balance our trade balance.