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Guatemala: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

74 / 127

Importer Rank

67 / 127

Trade Balance Rank

107 / 127

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2019) $11,289,176,124
Total Imports (2019) $19,870,650,527
Trade Balance (2019) ($8,581,474,403)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2020) [2] 16.9%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2020) [2] 24.95%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
United States $3,849,482,614
El Salvador $1,383,082,151
Honduras $1,000,299,756
Mexico $555,446,761
Nicaragua $549,888,751
Costa Rica $427,719,981
Netherlands $291,456,542
Panama $233,427,674
Canada $223,642,001
Saudi Arabia $192,146,497

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $7,368,361,464
China $2,227,100,980
Mexico $2,192,360,415
El Salvador $1,034,350,048
Costa Rica $691,104,858
Panama $670,289,506
Colombia $588,555,458
Honduras $479,263,958
Brazil $321,729,857
Japan $303,158,466

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(09) Coffee & Spices $1,320,773,635
(08) Fruit & Nuts $1,305,139,760
(61) Apparel: Knit $1,147,803,405
(17) Sugar & Confectionery $822,843,863
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $513,828,115
(15) Fats & Oils $487,980,519
(72) Iron & Steel $392,707,874
(39) Plastics $345,789,177
(07) Vegetables $343,838,050
(22) Beverages $337,470,494

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $3,272,663,504
(85) Electrical Machinery $1,646,486,590
(84) Industrial Machinery $1,493,564,308
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $1,429,959,188
(39) Plastics $1,087,074,663
(72) Iron & Steel $707,450,724
(48) Paper $682,658,071
(30) Pharmaceuticals $665,888,248
(10) Cereals $491,440,695
(21) Prepared Foods $415,537,296

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2019) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 1/21/2022
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