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Guatemala: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

74 / 138

Importer Rank

64 / 138

Trade Balance Rank

117 / 138

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2021) $13,735,599,195
Total Imports (2021) $26,593,808,327
Trade Balance (2021) ($12,858,209,132)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 19.02%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 35.65%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
United States $4,372,310,459
El Salvador $1,730,886,724
Honduras $1,397,939,923
Nicaragua $844,053,711
Mexico $590,208,480
Costa Rica $541,565,681
Netherlands $402,426,030
China $329,468,055
Italy $285,843,425
Panama $281,223,066

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $8,731,853,450
China $4,147,211,224
Mexico $2,753,495,489
El Salvador $1,205,560,067
Costa Rica $771,893,350
Honduras $666,284,288
India $565,782,784
Colombia $510,043,998
Panama $501,047,263
Japan $479,342,932

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

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(09) Coffee & Spices $1,597,435,500
(61) Apparel: Knit $1,424,999,017
(08) Fruit & Nuts $1,251,774,770
(15) Fats & Oils $896,946,553
(72) Iron & Steel $655,706,912
(17) Sugar & Confectionery $654,393,881
(39) Plastics $521,152,682
(07) Vegetables $419,309,109
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $372,410,980
(22) Beverages $364,043,027

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $4,008,518,816
(85) Electrical Machinery $2,066,509,599
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $1,987,849,462
(84) Industrial Machinery $1,985,427,163
(39) Plastics $1,686,280,673
(72) Iron & Steel $1,315,865,128
(30) Pharmaceuticals $919,957,816
(48) Paper $811,600,777
(10) Cereals $678,796,352
(21) Prepared Foods $528,140,724

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2021) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 10/8/2023
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