In 2022, Guatemala exported $15.8 billion worth of goods globally. Compared to $13.6 billion in 2021, Guatemala's global exports increased by 16.3% year-over-year.

Guatemala's Best Export Customers

The most recent country-specific data shows that Guatemalan exports are mainly purchased by importers from the United States of America (32.3% of Guatemala's total), El Salvador (13%), Honduras (10%), Nicaragua (6.3%), Mexico (4.4%), the Netherlands (4.2%), Costa Rica (4%), mainland China (2.7%), Panama ( 2%), Spain (1.9%), Dominican Republic (1.7%) and Italy (1.3%).

Guatemala's Top 10 Exports

1. Knitted or crocheted clothing, accessories: $1.7 billion (10.5% of total exports)

2. Coffee, tea, spices: $1.54 billion (9.8%)

3. Fruits, nuts: $1.47 billion (9.3%)

4. Animal and vegetable fats, oils, waxes: $1.2 billion (7.4%)

5. Sugar, confectionery: $954.9 million (6%)

6. Iron and steel: $717 million (4.5%)

7. Plastics, plastic products: $607.1 million (3.8%)

8. Fossil fuels including oil: $456.8 million (2.9%)

9. Beverages, spirits, vinegar: $456.1 million (2.9%)

10. Paper, paper products: $415.6 million (2.6%)

Guatemala's top ten exports accounted for three-fifths (59.8%) of its total global export value.

Sugar, including confectionery, is the fastest growing of the top ten export categories, growing 46.5% from 2021 to 2022. The second highest improvement in export sales was in animal or vegetable fats, oils and waxes, which grew by 29.5%. Guatemala's exports of beverages, spirits and vinegars grew the third fastest, by 28.8%.

Guatemala's top ten export categories with the smallest growth were coffee, tea and spices, up 5.9 percent.

At the more granular four-digit HS code level, coffee represents Guatemala's most valuable export, accounting for 7.1 percent of the country's total exports. It was closely followed by bananas and plantain (6.8%), followed by palm oil (5.8%), sugar (5.1%), knitted or crocheted jerseys and pullovers (3.3%), ferroalloys (3%), spices such as cardamom and nutmeg (2.6%), knitted or crocheted men's shirts (2.3%), knitted or crocheted men's shirts (2.3%), and then dosage mixes of drugs (2.1%) .

The Role of Customs Data

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