In March 2009, total exports were $1.855 billion, and the total amount was $ 2.63 billion.
Leonel Díaz wrote in Prensalibre.com: "According to Banguat, the main export products (bananas, coffee, sugar and cardamom) increased by 28.2%, but they were outweighed by a decline of US $36.9 million (-6.8%) in exports to Central America and the rest of the world."
Source: prensalibre.com
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August 2010
In the first half of the year, the imports of capital goods were up 12.2% relative to the same period of 2009.
Total capital goods imported for the period were worth $1.01 billion, compared with $0.90 billion in the first half of last year, according to data from the Guatemalan central bank, Banguat.
April 2012
The total value of Chinese products entering the country could be triple that amount, due to triangulation in global trade.
Guatemala imported goods from the People's Republic of China (PRC) worth $1.14 billion in 2011, reported the Bank of Guatemala (Banguat).
In January this year, purchases amounted to $103.2 million, demonstrating an upward trend, as this figure is 44.9% more than in the corresponding period in 2011 ($71.2 million).
March 2012
The trade deficit is widening and was $6 billion million in the period March 2011 to February 2012.
In the period March 2011 to February 2012, Costa Rica's imports totaled almost $16.6 billion, up 19% compared to the previous period, according to data released by the Central Bank.
August 2010
In the first half of the year both Guatemala's exports and imports showed growth.
According to Guatemala's central bank (Banguat), exports increased 8.1%. Meanwhile as of June this year imports already totaled $150 million compared with $262 for the whole of 2009.
"These figures from Banguat suggest that in the first half of 2009 there was a drop in imports and exports between Guatemala and Honduras, probably caused by the world economic crisis, more than the Honduran political situation and military coup staged on 28 June 2009," reports Sigloxxi.com.
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