During the first semester of 2020, companies from Central American countries bought abroad $23 million in vaccines for animal use, 18% more than what was reported for the same period in 2019.
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Because in this context of new commercial reality the sales of alcohol, fertilizers, soaps, detergents and chemical and pharmaceutical products have increased, the productive activity of the Central American industrial sector has been dynamized.
According to figures from the Bank of Guatemala, during the III Quarter of 2020 the Guatemalan Gross Domestic Product reported -2% year-on-year variation, a behavior that contrasts with the evolution of the manufacturing industry, which for the period in question registered a 3% increase in its production.
From January to June 2020, companies in the region allocated $71 million for the purchase of human vaccines abroad, and 60% of imports were made by companies in Panama, Guatemala and Honduras.
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Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Guatemala are the Central American markets that during the first half of 2020 and in year-on-year terms, increased their imports of pharmaceutical products.
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In the last few weeks in Central American countries the volume of searches and conversations on the Internet associated with pharmacies began to decrease, a downward trend that continued until the first days of November.
Through a system that monitors in real time the changes in the interests and preferences of consumers in Central American countries, developed by CentralAmericaData, it is possible to project short and long term demand trends, for the different products, sectors and markets that operate in the region.
From January to July 2020, purchases of pharmaceutical products made by Central American countries from Mexican companies totaled $174 million, 7% more than what was reported for the same period in 2019.
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From January to March 2020, companies in the region bought vaccines for human use abroad for $28 million, and 56% of total imports were made by companies in Costa Rica and Panama.
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From January to March 2020, pharmaceutical product imports in Central America totaled $825 million, with Costa Rica and Guatemala being the markets where purchases increased the most.
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The Fischel Nunciatura drugstore, located near La Sabana Park in San Jose, Costa Rica, is a sales point that is a 15-minute walk away and has a potential market of over 23,000 consumers, 11% of whom are interested in health care issues.
Using the Geomarketing solutions we have developed for our clients, CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence team analyzed the environment of some of the main locations of the drugstores in Central America. Below is an extract of the study's findings.
Productos Roche, Drogueria e Importadora Alemana and Corporacion Industrial Farmaceutica are some of the companies that during the first six months of the year won contracts to provide medicines and pharmaceutical products to public health institutions in the region.
The "Interactive Public Procurement Information System" of CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence Unit provides interesting data on the companies that in the first half of 2020 were favored with contracts to provide pharmaceutical products and medical supplies to the various Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in the Central American countries.
From January to March 2020, purchases of pharmaceutical products made by Central American countries from companies in Mexico totaled $73 million, 2% more than reported in the same period in 2019.
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Agefinsa, Servicios Tecnicos Medicos, Macrotech Farmaceutica and J.I. Cohen are some of the companies that during the first quarter of the year won contracts to provide medicines and pharmaceutical products to public health institutions in the region.
The "Interactive Public Procurement Information System" of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData provides interesting data on the companies that in the first quarter of 2020 were favored with contracts to provide pharmaceutical products and medical supplies to the various Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in the Central American countries.
As a result of the Coronavirus emergency, the CABEI granted each of the Central American countries financial resources for the purchase of medicines and medical supplies.
The international organization reported that it granted non-reimbursable financial cooperation in the amount of up to $8,000,000 distributed in $1,000,000 to each Central American country, including Belize, to attend to the health emergency.
From January to September 2019, companies in the region bought vaccines for human use abroad for $154 million, 56% more than what was reported for the same period in 2018, a rise that is mainly explained by the behavior of imports in Panama.
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From January to September 2019, pharmaceutical product imports in Central America totaled $2.614 million, 8% more than in the same period in 2018, with El Salvador, Panama and Costa Rica being the markets where purchases increased the most.
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