Honduran Cardboard Production Up

Cardboard production has grown at a rate of 12% in recent years, becoming the second largest Honduran export to Central America.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

According to the latest report from the Honduran Ministry of Industry and Commerce (SIC in Spanish) in May 2011 4,000 tons of cardboard boxes were sold overseas, which accounted for revenues of $3.5 million.

Costa Rica remains the main buyer of Honduran cardboard , mainly in the form of cups and conventional cardboard boxes, followed by Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Panama.

The SIC also reported that there are 7 companies that engage in the activity, located mainly in the north.

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Salvadoran Paper and Cardboard Exports Up 24%

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In the first five months of the year, exports of paper, cardboard and even graphic arts products have increased by 23.81% compared to the same period in 2010.


In the last two years, exports of toilet paper rolls and cardboard have seen a steady increase. Data from the Salvadoran Association of Industrialists (ASI) show that since 2008, exports of paper raw materials have increased by 516%.

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