In the first quarter of the year, countries in the region exported $261 million worth of pineapples, 18% more than in the same period in 2017, mainly explained by sales to the United States and the Netherlands.
Figures from the Information System on the Pineapple Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
In Panama, a tender is being launched for a supply of disposable articles that can be used in cafeterias and other food supplies for public institutions for a period of two years.
Panama Government Purchase 2018-1-27-0-99-lm-001820:
Because of the drought that is affecting several areas in Central America, in El Salvador, agricultural producers estimate that at least 6.3 million hundredweight of corn, valued at $39 million, have been lost.
Representatives from the Salvadoran Chamber of Small and Medium Agricultural Producers (Campo) said that due to the drought, which lasted up to 40 days in some areas of the country, they have lost more than 6 million hundredweight of corn, valued at $38.6 million.
To calm the spirits of local producers, the Panamanian government has announced the beginning of an audit of the process to import agrifood products, in order to identify companies that are bringing goods in without meeting any of the requirements.
A few days after producers in the country held demonstrations against the allegedly excessive entry of products such as dairy and meat, the government decided to form, together with representatives from the agricultural sector, a discussion table to solve some of the problems.However, this negotiation was abandoned by representatives of the unions.
Entrepreneurs in the sector reported that for the 2017-2018 harvest the volume produced amounted to 11.6 million hundredweight, 2% more than what was registered in the previous harvest.
Representatives from the Association of Sugar Producers of Honduras (Apah) announced that between the harvests of 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, the country reported an increase of 200,000 hundredweight in the volume of production, going from 11.4 million to 11.6 million.
In Costa Rica, the productive activity of agricultural goods destined for domestic consumption has been stayed low in recent years, despite the fact that most benefit from the protection afforded by the tariffs imposed on imports of some similar goods.
Between the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 agricultural cycles, the amount of land planted with rice in Panama grew by 2%, but the volume harvested decreased by 2%.
In June, the country exported 34,000 tons of coffee, registering a fall of 25.5% compared to 46,000 tons sold in the same month in 2017.
The price of coffee also recorded a decline, according to figures from the Center for Procedures for Exports (Cetrex), in June this year $150 per hundredweight was paid, representing a decrease of 10% compared to the $167 paid in the sixth month of 2017.
In the first quarter of the year Honduras exported $45 million worth of palm oil and its derivatives, and 85% went to the Netherlands and El Salvador.
Figures from the information system on the Palm Oil Market and its Derivatives in Honduras, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Businesses in the sector foresee a decline during the 2018-2019 harvest, attributed to the drought and the illegal invasion of lands resulting from the political crisis that Nicaragua is experiencing.
According to statistics from the National Committee of Sugar Producers (CNPA), during the last two harvests the country reported a sustained increase in its sugar production. Figures for the 2017-2018 harvest show there was production of 1.8 million tons which represents an increase of 12% compared to the previous cycle.
In the first quarter of 2018, the country exported $19 million worth of frozen fruit, registering an increase of 8% with respect to exports in the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system on the Frozen Fruit Market in Costa Rica, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
In the first three months of the year, rice imports into Central America totaled $64 million, registering an increase of 29% over the same period in 2017.
Figures from the Information System on the Rice Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
In the first quarter of 2018, companies in the country imported $34 million worth of fertilizers, and purchases in Russia totaled $12 million, 45% more than in the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system on the Fertilizer Market in Costa Rica, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
With a loan from the BCIE, the Salvadoran government intends to finance a coffee renewal program, which would cover some 21,000 manzanas of crops.
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI ) reported that the funds will be used to respond to the challenges of the coffee sector in El Salvador, supporting the renovation of 20,777.4 manzanas of the crop, contributing to the transfer of sustainable technologies, increasing the capacity of resilience and improving the institutionality related to coffee.
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