In the first half of the year, Central American countries exported pineapple for $583 million, 14% more than in the same period in 2017, mainly because of sales to U.S. companies.
Figures from the information system on the Pineapple Market in Central America complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
In Costa Rica, the coffee sector expects that for the 2018-2019 harvest will be produced about 1.8 million quintals, a volume that would be 11% lower than that recorded in the 2017-2018 season.
According to forecasts by the Costa Rican Coffee Institute (Icafé), between the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 harvests, the country's production will fall from 2 million to 1.8 million quintals, a decline that would be caused by the cyclical behavior of plants and the aging of coffee plantations.
During the first six months of the year, palm oil sales from Central America reached $383 million, and exports to Spain increased 232% with respect to the first half of 2017.
Figures from the information system on the Palm Oil and its Components market in Central America complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
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"]
A food processing plant will start operating in Rivas, which will focus on attending to producers and traders, and on university studies.
The new plant, which has the capacity to process meat products, dairy products, cereals, mushrooms, fruit and vegetables, was built on the grounds of the Antonio de Valdivieso International University (Uniav).
The disease has decreased considerably in recent years, as between 2014 and October 2018 the portion of the coffee plantation affected in El Salvador decreased from 38% to 10%.
According to monthly monitoring by the National Center for Agricultural and Forestry Technology (CENTA), the country's coffee plantation, which has been one of the most affected by the disease in the region, has considerably reduced the presence of rust.
During last year, the country reported the production of 180,086 tons of rice, 20,652 tons of corn and 9,005 tons of beans.
According to the National Agricultural Survey 2017, carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Census, it is estimated that last year the area planted with beans was 16,503 ha, 14,624 ha harvested area for a production of 9,005 mt. The bean production was assigned 75.9% for sale and a significant percentage for self-consumption (16.8%).
Because of the weather, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador report annual losses in basic grain and vegetable production of $196 million, $140 million and $37 million, respectively.
According to estimates by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Central American countries that are part of the Northern Triangle, derived from climatic phenomena, mainly drought, annually record total losses in the agricultural sector close to $337 million.
Because of the coffee production performance, during the second quarter of the year the Guatemalan agricultural GDP grew 4% compared to the same period in 2017.
From the statement of the Chamber of Agriculture of Guatemala:
Coffee is still the main agricultural product sold abroad, with annual exports of around $3,035 million, followed by bananas, with $2,574 million and sugar, with $1,241 million.
Figures from the interactive platform "Central American Crops Monitoring" compiled by CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence Unit:
The Panamanian government announced that it will open an agribusiness office in the city of Shanghai, which will seek to increase exports to the Asian continent.
An announcement will be made of the new office opening (which would be planned for the first months of 2019) during the China International Import Expo (Ciie), one of the most important in Asia that takes place from November 5th to 10th.
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"]
In Guatemala, for the 2018-2019 harvest, the production of green coffee is projected to reach 4.5 million quintals, which would exceed the 4.4 million quintals reported in the previous season.
According to Ricardo Arenas, president of the National Coffee Association (Anacafe), "... The 2018-2019 coffee harvest, which started last month, will stand at 4.5 million quintals of green coffee; of that figure, it is estimated that 3.5 million will be exported."
Between January and August of this year, Honduran exports of manufacturing and agricultural products reached $1.284 million, 8% more than the same period in 2017.
Mostly explained by the increase in exports of paper and cardboard, plastics and their products, bananas, melons and watermelons, sales of manufacturing and agricultural products that together reached US$1,284.3 million were 8.1% higher than the US$96.6 million accumulated in the same period of 2017.
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"]
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