According to projections by the export sector, last year about $11.2 billion will have been sold abroad, an amount that could exceed by 7% what was exported in 2016.
Holland was the country that bought the most goods sold by Guatemala to the European Union between January and September, which totaled $684.76 million, 17% more than in the same period in 2013.
The goods most exported to the European Union (EU) are textiles, nickel, vegetables and coffee, with the main destinations being the Netherlands which recorded purchases of $219 million, followed by Belgium with $86 million, Germany with $79.5 million and Spain with $78.6 in the first nine months of the year.
Guatemalan bananas have recovered ground lost in recent years in the international market.
In 2013 banana sales abroad generated revenues of $623 million, up 25% compared to those reported in 2012, when $499 million was received for this item.
Guatemala exports to South Korea and China have increased by 185% and 382%, respectively.
Details from the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport) show that South Korea and China are the two Asian countries with the most products sales from the Central American nation, with honey, sugar and shrimp being the main exports.
The volume purchased by China in the recent harvest is equivalent to that acquired between 2005 and 2011.
In the 2012-13 harvest, three Asian countries purchased 673,843 metric tons (MT) of sugar, equivalent to 35% of the country's total export crop. China bought 341,218 MT giving it h a 20% share, which is equivalent to the amount it acquired from 2005 to 2011, which was 311,073 MT.
At the end of the current crop, coffee exports in Latin America, excluding Brazil, totaled 29.3 million bags of 60 kilos.
The figures, provided by Anacafé exports include Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Peru.
With respect to the 2011-2012 harvest, sales from the current harvest have increased by 28% in Nicaragua, 7% in El Salvador, and 4% in Guatemala, while Honduras sold 16% less and Costa Rica's sales remained the same.
From a report by the National Coffee Association of Guatemala (Anacafé):
In late 2012, one year after the signing of the new trade agreement, trade between Mexico and the region totaled $9.3 billion.
This information was released by the Mexican ambassador in San Salvador, Raul Lopez Lira. "On September 1 the Central American countries will celebrate the first anniversary of the unified treaty between Mexico and the region with a significant increase in trade ...", reported Laprensa.com.ni article.
The U.S. market has once again become significant for the Guatemalan furniture and wood industry.
Until last June sales of furniture and forest products to the U.S. market represented 28% of total exports of the sector, by the end of 2013 sales are expected to exceed $100 million.
So far this year 37 million quintals of sugar have been exported, keeping pace with increasing global demand.
Statistics from the Sugar Association of Guatemala (Asazgua) indicate that the export season ending in October, could close with growth of 10% compared with 2012 sales.
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