During the first nine months of 2018, companies in the region's countries imported from Mexico fertilizers for $70 million, 629% more than what was purchased in the same period of 2017.
Figures from the information system of the Central American Fertilizer Market, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Last year, mineral fuels, plastic articles and food led the commercial exchange between Peruvian and Central American companies.
Figures from the Central American-Peru Trade Information System complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAPHIC caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
Plastic articles, pharmaceutical products and food preparations last year led the commercial exchange between companies from the Caribbean nation and Central American countries.
Figures from the information system of Commerce between Central America and the Dominican Republic, compiled by the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Producing articles with avocado and corn seed resin, and products with additives that allow the decomposition of plastic in less time, are some of the strategies proposed by the sector to overcome the obstacles faced in the region.
As in the rest of the world, there have been several attempts in Central America to ban the use of some plastic products. For example, last month in El Salvador, a law initiative was presented to the Congress establishing a one-year deadline for companies to replace the use of plastic bags with articles made of other materials. See "El Salvador: Proposal to Ban Plastic Bags"
From January to June of this year, countries in the region imported insecticides, herbicides and fungicides for $343 million, 2% more than in the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system of the Central American Insecticide, Herbicide and Fungicide Market, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
During the first six months of 2018, Central American countries imported $189 million in plastic pipe and fittings, 4% more than reported in the same quarter of 2017.
Figures from the information system of the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Market in Central America, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
During the first half of this year, countries in the region imported petroleum oils for $5.122 million, 23% more than in the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system Market of Petroleum Oils and Bituminous Mineral in Central America, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
The proposed law presented in the Legislative Assembly establishes a period of one year for companies to replace the use of plastic bags with articles of other materials.
The proposal to replace in the country the use of plastic bags made of polyethylene or conventional plastic with articles made of other materials, was presented by Representative Milena Mayorga from the party Arena.
During the first half of 2018, purchases by countries in the region reached $494 million, 12% more than imports during the same period the previous year.
Figures from the information system of the Central American Fertilizer Market, from the Trade Intelligence Area at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
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.
Figures from the information system on the Market for Plastic and its Manufactures in El Salvador, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
From January to March of this year, imports of paints and varnishes into the country totaled $12 million, and the value purchased from companies in Costa Rica decreased by 7% compared to the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system on the Market for Paint and Varnish in Panama, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
The agricultural chemical union of Guatemala states that the illicit commercialization of fertilizers, insecticides and fungicides, represents about 12% of the local market.
In Nicaragua, a decrease in the amount of cultivated land and a decrease in fertilization spending have caused a fall of between 25% and 30% in the sales projected by entrepreneurs in the sector.
According to figures from the Central Bank of Nicaragua, between the first half of 2017 and the same period in 2018, imports of fertilizers and agrochemicals in the country reported a reduction of 14%, falling from $102 million to $88 million.
The Salvadoran Social Security Institute is putting out to tender supplies and reagents with automated equipment for special tests and hormones, with a payment method of per monthly consumption.
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