During 2020, imports of electrical wires and cables in Nicaragua and Guatemala increased in year-on-year terms, and in the cases of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama they decreased considerably.
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From January to March 2020, Central American companies imported $22 million in electrical cables and wires, and purchases from China increased by 13% compared to the same period in 2019.
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From January to June 2019, Central American companies imported $277 million worth of electrical wires and cables, and purchases from China increased 4% over the same period in 2018.
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From January to March 2019, Central American companies imported $133 million in electrical wires and cables, and purchases from the U.S. increased 23% over the same period in 2018.
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During 2018, Central American companies imported electric wires and cables for $539 million, and 70% were bought by companies in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama.
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In the first nine months of 2018, Central American countries imported $399 million in electrical wires and cables, and 50% were bought by companies in Costa Rica and Guatemala.
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During the first half of the year, countries in the region imported $197 million in electrical cables and wires, and 63% were bought by companies in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Guatemala.
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During the first three months of the year, companies in El Salvador imported $18 million worth of electric cables, 10% less than in the same period in 2017.
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In the first quarter of the year, countries in the region imported $169 million worth of electrical wires and cables, and 48% were purchased by companies in Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
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During the first quarter of the year, companies in Guatemala allocated $11 million to the purchase of electric cables in Mexico, 29% more than was reported in the same period in 2017.
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In 2017, purchases of electric wires and cables from Central American countries totaled $791 million and grew by 74% with respect to the previous year, in contrast to the fall recorded between 2015 and 2016.
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In the first semester of 2017, Central American countries imported $376 million worth of electric cables, 59% more than in the same period in 2016.
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42% of the value of electrical cables imported in 2016 came from Mexico, while in 2012 that proportion barely reached 15% of the total.
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