Guatemala's manufacturing exports grow

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Max Staebler, president of the Manufacturing Commission, said that in the first four months of 2008 the main products exported were plastics, shoes, refrigerators, and handicrafts.
Total export sales from manufacturing were 875 million dollars, up by 150 million dollars from 2007.

Source: prensalibre.com

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