From January to September 2020, imports for plastic and its manufactures totaled $2,681 million, 13% less than what was reported in the same period of 2019, a drop that was reported in the context of the economic and sanitary crisis caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.
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From January to April 2020, Central American companies imported $151 million in plastic and its manufactures from Mexico, and 60% of the total was purchased by companies in Guatemala and El Salvador.
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From January to April 2020, Central American companies imported $11 million in plastic pipe and fittings from Mexico, and 69% of the total was purchased by companies in Guatemala and Costa Rica.
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Basf de Costa Rica S.A., Sun Chemical S.A. and Ultra-Chem de Centroamérica S.A., are part of the companies participating in the nylon import business in Central America.
The market study "Nylon market study in Central America", prepared by the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, details the main figures of the nylon import business.
From January to September 2019, Central American companies imported from Mexico 125.6 metric tons of plastic and its manufactures, 14% more than reported in the same period in 2018.
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As a result of increases in purchases from companies in the U.S., Mexico and China, between the first quarter of 2018 and the same period in 2019, imports of plastic and its manufactures in Central America grew 7%.
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It is estimated that Plásticos Generales S.A. and Durman Esquivel S.A. represent around 8% of the market share in the plastic import and manufacturing business.
Data from the platform "Company's Corporate System", complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, provides details on company information based on sector, main activity, imports, exports, contracts granted by the government and other data.
Because of increases in purchases from companies in Mexico, China and Taiwan between the first half of 2017 and the same period in 2018, imports of plastic and its manufactures in the region up 6%.
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Last year, mineral fuels, plastic articles and food led the commercial exchange between Peruvian and Central American companies.
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Fuels, plastic goods and pharmaceutical products led last year's imports made by Central American companies in the South American nation.
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In the first quarter of the year the Central American country imported $20 million worth of plastic and its manufactures from Mexico, 26% more than in the same period in 2017.
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Last year, the region bought $3.874 million worth of plastic and manufactured goods from abroad, 6% more than in 2016, and 35% of imports came from the United States.
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In the first nine months of 2017, countries in the region imported $2.861 billion worth of plastics and its manufactures, 4% more than what was purchased in the same period in 2016.
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In 2017, the value of Central American purchases of plastic and its manufactures from companies in Mexico grew by 21% compared to 2016, in contrast to the decreases registered between 2013 and 2015.
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In Honduras, entrepreneurs in the sector are maintaining the projections made at the beginning of the year and estimate closing 2017 with growth of between 6% and 8% in exports of plastic and its manufactures.
An entrepreneur in this area, Óscar Galeano, told to Latribuna.hn: "... 'we are expecting to export a million and a half pounds to the Central American market, which is our main market, however, the growth that we had calculated is going to be between 6% and 8%'."