For the second quarter of 2021, Guatemala maintained as the main importer of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides with $84.2 million, the largest supplier was China with 18.94%.
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During last year, Central American companies imported insecticides, herbicides and fungicides for $808 million, 30% more than what was reported in 2019, a rise that is explained by the behavior of purchases from all markets in the region.
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During the first nine months of 2020, companies in Central American countries imported insecticides, herbicides and fungicides for $617 million, 30% more than what was reported in the same period of 2019, a rise that is explained by the behavior of purchases from all markets in the region.
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Because Mexico is the third largest Latin American country in terms of area devoted to organic agricultural production, there are multiple opportunities to market inputs for this sector.
In terms of the number of hectares planted with organic crops, Michoacan, Chiapas and Oaxaca are the states that have 68% of the total planted nationally, according to an analysis prepared by Costa Rica's Foreign Trade Promotion Agency (Procomer).
Between January and March 2020, Central America allocated $169 million to fertilizer imports, 10% less than in the same period in 2018, with Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala being the markets that registered the most significant reductions.
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Because the Ecuadorian market is highly dependent on imports and its local industry is incipient, there are opportunities for bulk exports and packaging in the South American country.
To enter the market, products can be sold to distribution companies, whether these register the products themselves under their own brand, import in bulk/concentrate, repackage and distribute, or do so under the manufacturer's brand and import and distribute ready-to-retail products (this can be on an exclusive basis), explains a study by the Foreign Trade Promotion Agency (Procomer).
During the first six months of 2019, companies in Central American countries imported $316 million worth of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, and purchases from companies in Israel grew by 12% over the same period in 2018.
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During the first three months of 2019, companies in Central American countries imported insecticides, herbicides and fungicides for $132 million, and purchases from Mexican companies grew 12% over the same period in 2018.
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The government of El Salvador announced that it will invest $3 million in the delivery of 40,775 liters of fungicides and 30,000 liters of insecticides to combat and prevent the Coffee Rust and Coffee Borer.
In order to receive the inputs, coffee growers must meet several requirements, the most important of which is to be registered with the Salvadoran Coffee Council (CSC) and to have a valid identity card, informed the Ministry of Agriculture.
With the entry into force of the tax reform, banana production costs in Nicaragua have increased between 30% and 35%, because of the rise in the price of agrochemicals.
During 2018, companies in Central American countries imported insecticides, herbicides and fungicides for $671 million, 3% less than they bought in 2017.
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The Directorate of Agricultural Science and Technology tenders the supply of fertilizers, bactericides, pH regulators and adherents, rooting agents, sterile substratum, fungicides, insecticides and herbicides.
The transnational UPL announced the acquisition of Industrias BioQuim Centroamericanas S.A., a company dedicated to the manufacture and commercialization of agrochemicals.
This acquisition, which was made through UPL Costa Rica S.A., is the first made by the transnational UPL in the region.
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