During January, Salvadoran manufacturing exports totaled $492 million, an amount 4.9% higher than that reported for the same month in 2019.
Exports from El Salvador in January 2020 totaled $509.8 million, $26.5 million more than in January 2019, with a 5.5% year-on-year growth, while in terms of volume it grew 23.7%, reported the Central Reserve Bank.
In the third month of the year, exports of goods grew by 3% with respect to the same period in 2017, and the increase was mainly due to sales of the maquila and agricultural sectors.
From a report by the Central Bank of Honduras:
At the end of the first quarter of 2018, Salvadoran exports of goods amounted to US $1.4825 billion, higher by US $44.9 million than in the same period in 2017, which meant a year-on-year growth of 3.1%, the Central Reserve Bank reported.
In 2017, Central America countries imported $96 million worth of various common metal manufactures from Mexico, 14% more than what was purchased in 2016.
Figures from the information system on the Market for Common Metals in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
In Guatemala, SMEs are being invited to take part in the next Central American Manufexport fair, to be held in Antigua, in September 2018.
A call is being made to SMEs from the sectors of food and beverages, hygiene and personal care, cleaning for the home, plastic products, cosmetics, and other manufactured goods to participate in a business conference which will take place on the 26th and 27th of September 2018 in Antigua, Guatemala.
In April and May, two Peruvian trade mission will visit Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala in search of business opportunities.
The Exporters Association of Peru (ADEX) has organized two trade missions from companies from various sectors and foreign trade students from Peru.
Gestion.pe reports that "the first exploration mission from the imports and logistics sector will be held from 16th to 20th of April in Panama and aims at learning about the trade and development opportunities in this country which trades with the world more than $18 billion and through which passes 14,000 ships and more than 12 million containers a year. "