During 2020, Central American countries imported $254 million for printing machines and devices, and purchases from German companies grew 79% compared to what was reported in 2019.
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Ministry of Education tenders textbooks for pre-primary and primary school students and methodological guides for teachers, for use in the 2022 school year.
Guatemala Government Purchase 13918680:
"Detail of some of the required texts:
-43,439 texts "Leo y escribo" (reading and writing) step 1 of first grade elementary school in K'iche' language.
-56.357 texts "Leo y escribo" (reading and writing) step 1 of first grade elementary school in Q'eqchi' language
In the first six months of 2019, Central American countries imported $171 million in printing machines and equipment, and purchases from Japanese companies grew 11% compared to the same period in 2018.
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In the first three months of 2019, Central American countries imported $86 million in printing machines and devices, and purchases from Chinese companies grew 5% compared to the same period in 2018.
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From January to June of this year, countries in the region imported $184 million in printing machines and equipment, 3% more than in the same period in 2017.
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From January to March of this year, countries in the region imported $95 million worth of printing machines and equipment, 2% more than in the same period in 2017.
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The Ministry of Education in Guatemala is putting out to tender a printing service for 2.1 million textbooks.
Guatemala Government Purchase 8358958:
"-Lote 1: 67,711 books from the "Descubro y Aprendo" series for the 4-year olds stage of the Pre-Primary Education Level. 165,214 books from the "Descubro y Aprendo" series for the 5-year olds stage of the Pre-Primary Education Level.
In 2017, countries in the region imported $373 million worth of printing machines and equipment, 10% more than what was reported in 2016.
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In the first nine months of 2017, countries in the region imported $267 million worth of printing machines and equipment, and 45% was purchased by companies in Costa Rica and Guatemala.
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In 2016, Central American countries imported $341 million worth of machines and printers, and imports from the Japanese market alone grew by 19% compared to 2014.
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