From January to September 2019, Central American companies imported $319 million in fridges and freezers, and imports from Guatemalan companies increased 27% over the same period in 2018.
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During the first half of 2019, Central American companies imported $200 million in fridges and freezers, and purchases from companies in Mexico grew 6% over the same period in 2018.
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Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Totonican, San Marcos and Retalhuleu are the departments with the highest demand for household appliances.
According to the census sample conducted by the National Statistics Institute (INE), derived from the Population Census conducted in 2018, the areas that concentrate the greatest demand for household appliances match the areas that receive the most family remittances sent from abroad.
During the first quarter of 2019, Central American companies imported $96 million in fridges and freezers, and purchases from companies in China were up 20% compared to the same period in 2018.
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In Costa Rica, the Gollo chain of stores invested $2 million in the opening of three new sales points in Guachipelín, Tibás and San José.
Representatives of the company dedicated to commercialize electrical appliances, furniture and other similar articles, informed that $1 million was invested in the operation of the store in Guachipelín, and in the stores in Tibás and San José, the investment totaled $500,000 each.
Between January and September 2018, companies in Central America imported $291 million in fridges and freezers, 12% less than in the same period last year.
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From January to November 2018, imports of household appliances in Nicaragua totaled $106 million, 35% less than reported in the same period of the previous year.
Between the first eleven months of 2017 and the same period in 2018, foreign purchases of household appliances fell from $164 million to $106 million, according to the most current figures from the Central Bank of Nicaragua.
In the wholesale appliance distribution business in Costa Rica, it is estimated that Supro Suplidora and Corporación Watersonn represent close to 15% of the market share.
An analysis of CentralAmericaData's information shows that other companies with considerable commercial activity in the wholesale of appliances are Mabeca and Solcasa.
In the first six months of the year, Central American countries imported $190 million worth of refrigerators and freezers, and 43% was purchased by companies in Guatemala and Honduras.
Figures from the information system on the Refrigeration, Freezing and Other Refrigeration Machinery Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Imports of household appliances between April and July 2017 and the same period in 2018 reported a decline of 17% in Nicaragua.
According to figures from the Central Bank of Nicaragua, purchases abroad decreased from $100 million in 2017 to $84 million this year. The most significant year-on-year fall was recorded during the seventh month, as between July 2017 and the same month of this year the fall was 60%.
In Costa Rica, it is proposed to establish a regulatory framework to make the manufacture, import and sale of energy-efficient electrical appliances mandatory by 2020.
Representatives of the Instituto de Normas Tecnicas de Costa Rica (Inteco) informed that the regulatory framework to be approved consists of the implementation of thirteen standards that require electricity consumption limits in appliances, according to which it is defined whether or not they are efficient.
In the first three months of the year, Central American countries imported $92 million worth of refrigerators and freezers, and 45% was purchased by companies in Guatemala and Costa Rica.
Figures from the information system on the Refrigeration, Freezing and Other Refrigeration Machinery Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Last year countries in the region imported $478 million worth of refrigerators and freezers, registering an increase of 8% compared to the figures in 2016.
Figures from the information system on the Refrigeration, Freezing and Other Refrigeration Machinery Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
XAGRO has been appointed the authorized distributor of DeltaTrak's temperature recorders for Central America.
With new regulations for exports of refrigerated and frozen products it is critical and required that you monitor and record temperatures throughout the cold chain.
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