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Guatemala Trade Summary

2008

Guatemala exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GUATEMALA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Guatemala 2008

Exports and imports of Guatemala in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 7,737 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 14,522 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,343 products were exported to 124 countries and 4,170 products were imported from 128 countries.

Guatemala top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Guatemala exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Guatemala exports to United States worth US$ 3,049 million, with a partner share of 39.40 percent.
  2. Guatemala exports to El Salvador worth US$ 973 million, with a partner share of 12.57 percent.
  3. Guatemala exports to Honduras worth US$ 737 million, with a partner share of 9.52 percent.
  4. Guatemala exports to Mexico worth US$ 509 million, with a partner share of 6.59 percent.
  5. Guatemala exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 328 million, with a partner share of 4.23 percent.

Top five countries from which Guatemala imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Guatemala imports from United States worth US$ 5,335 million, with a partner share of 36.74 percent.
  2. Guatemala imports from Mexico worth US$ 1,405 million, with a partner share of 9.68 percent.
  3. Guatemala imports from China worth US$ 840 million, with a partner share of 5.79 percent.
  4. Guatemala imports from El Salvador worth US$ 687 million, with a partner share of 4.73 percent.
  5. Guatemala imports from Netherlands Antilles worth US$ 461 million, with a partner share of 3.17 percent.

Guatemala Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Guatemala along with trade value are:

  1. Guatemala exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 646,192.88 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Guatemala exported Women's or girls' blouses, etc, of cotton, knit , worth 468,980.43 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Guatemala exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth 378,056.03 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Guatemala exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 373,707.07 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Guatemala exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 343,875.74 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Guatemala along with trade value are

  1. Guatemala imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 2,479,539.79 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Guatemala imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 295,740.14 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Guatemala imported Propane, liquefied , worth 264,056.74 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Guatemala imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 253,350.93 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Guatemala imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 205,851.23 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Guatemala in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 40 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.45 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.74 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 8,863,559.10 and duty free tariff line items share was 56.88 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Guatemala in 2008 are below

  • Guatemala GDP in current US dollar was 38,504 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,610.00 .
  • Guatemala Trade balance: as % of GDP was -14.93.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -5,749.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 65.18 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 12.13 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Guatemala in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.26.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.13.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Guatemala Country Growth was 3.54 .