Up to the month of October the trade deficit was $3.958,2 million, $728,8 million more than in the same period in 2010.
According to information from the Central Reserve Bank, imports amounted to $8.452,6 million against $4.494,4 million worth of exports.
Elsalvador.com reports, "The data also shows that exports of traditional products totaled $534,7 million, which is equivalent to 88,8% more in relation to the same period in 2010.
In the first nine months of the year, exports totaled $4,105 million while imports totaled $7,698 million.
According to information from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR in Spanish), exports grew by 21.8% compared to the same period in 2010, and in the case of imports, the increase was 22.7%.
"The BCR said that the area with the largest amount of exports was non-traditional products, which generated revenues of $2,640.5 million.
Imports grew, but so did exports, giving stability to the trade deficit.
Between January and August, exports and imports grew by 26% and 24% respectively compared to the same period last year.
The data is the result of the dynamism experienced by Guatemalan foreign trade, which driven by strong domestic economic activity, is growing significantly.
Between January and August 2011, El Salvador has accumulated a trade deficit of $3,180.6 million, 47% more than in the same period in 2010.
For the period, exports totaled $3,666.7 million compared to a total of $6,847.3 million in imports, according to the Management of Economic Studies and Statistics at El Salvador’s Central Reserve Bank.
Traditional products sold abroad generated foreign exchange of $ 509.5 million, 83.7% higher than in August 2010. Coffee sales reported $402.8 million and sugar $106.4 million.
In the first eight months of the year a trade deficit of $3,724 million has been accumulated, which is 49% higher than in the same period in 2010.
According to data published by the Central Bank of Costa Rica, from January to August, exports totaled $6,783 million compared to $10,507 million in imports.
"The increase in imports has been influenced by fuel purchases which have also increased in the first seven months of the year, being 60% more than in the same period last year, affected by the rise in international oil prices", reported Nacion.com
A deficit of $1.398 billion was accumulated in the first quarter, an increase of 82.8% over the same period in 2010 and 29% of the total trade deficit expected for 2011.
According to a report by Aldesa, imports for the quarter were $3.853 million, and exports totaled $ 2.454 million, growing by 21.6% and 2.1% respectively over the same period in 2010.
The trade deficit of $ 4.384 million in 2010, was 15% higher than 2009.
In 2010, exports totaled $ 2.749 million, while imports reached $ 7.133 million.
According to a Central Bank report, "At the end of 2010 the trade deficit was $ 4.384.2 million, $ 577.2 million higher than December 2009.”
“The increase in exports is due in part to higher prices of traditional Honduran products - such as coffee, bananas, palm oil and gold - whose sales rose 27.3%," reported Elheraldo.hn.
Exports in January 2011 grew by 24.3%, while the increase in imports was 6.4%.
According to information from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), the trade balance deficit closed at $ 283.6 million. This represents a reduction of 11.9% compared to January 2010.
In January, exports totaled $ 407.8 million.
"As for imports, these totaled $ 691.4 million, an increase of 6.4% compared to January of last year," Laprensagrafica.com reported.
Trade deficit grew during the last twelve months to $ 3.95 billion in September.
From September 2009 to September 2010 exports totaled $ 9.3 billion and imports were $ 13.2 billion.
Newspaper La Nacion reported, "The deficit is now 31% higher than it was in the past 12 months ending September, 2009 (between October 2008 and September 2009)."
Between January and August 2010, the country's balance of payments deficit reached $2.16 billion, 21% more than in the same period of 2009.
El Salvador's exports totaled $2.99 billion while the value of its imports was $5.61 billion for the period, according to statistics from the country's central bank (BCR).
A BCR communication states that the main reason for the gap is the fall in coffee sales (-24.5%), despite an increase in the international price paid for the grain.
Goods imports in July are up while exports have stagnated.
According to the Costa Rican Central Bank (BCCR), "the year-on-year change to July 2010 indicates that imports grew by 24%". Meanwhile sales abroad reduced relative to May.
Elfinancierocr.com reports that in July just past cumulative exports for the previous year totaled $752, $24 million more than as at July 2009.
In the first six months of the year the country's accumulated trade deficit reached $2.16 billion, compared with $1.70 billion for the same period in 2009.
According to the report released by the Guatemalan central bank, Banguat, in the first half of 2010, exports increased 18% relative to the same period of 2009. Meanwhile imports increased almost 21%.
Authorities have drafted a very ambitious plan to reverse the trade deficit they currently have with Costa Rica.
On 2009, trade between both countries closed with a negative balance for Panama, -$220 million.
Ramiro Franceschi, from the Panamanian exports promotion authority, commented that Panamanian businessmen are looking for markets to export, so they will evaluate potential new segments and niches.