Once called British Honduras, the independent Commonwealth country now named Belize shipped US$243.3 million worth of goods around the globe in 2018. That dollar amount reflects a -32.1% drop since 2014 and a -12.3% decline from 2017 to 2018. The only country in Central America having English as its official language, Belize is located along […]
Major Exports by Continent
December 29, 2018 by
By value, roughly four-fifths (79.2%) of all globally exported products during 2017 originated from Asia and Europe. A large portion of Asia’s major exports are electronics components, mobile phones, computers and related equipment. Leading exported goods from Europe are cars and automotive parts or accessories. Listed below are searchable tables showing the 25 major exported […]
Major Imported Products by Continent
December 6, 2018 by
As international product buyers, Asia represents the most lucrative continent consuming US$6.769 trillion worth of imported products during 2017. In second place was Europe at $6.377 trillion trailed by North America’s $3.621 trillion in import purchases. Smaller amounts were imported by South American countries ($892.6 billion in imports), Africa ($492 billion), Oceania ($290.4 billion) led […]
Top Continents for Exported Products
November 28, 2018 by
Asian exporters accounted for over two-fifths (41.7%) of the overall US$17.585 trillion worth of exported goods shipped during 2017. Close behind in second place were European countries trailed by suppliers in North America, South America, Africa, Oceania (led by Australia and New Zealand), then Central America. Below are exporting entities at the continent level. Continents […]
Panama’s Top 10 Exports
September 7, 2018 by
A Central American country stretching from Costa Rica to the west across to its southeastern border with South America’s Colombia, the Republic of Panama shipped US$11.2 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2016. That dollar amount represents a -24% decline since 2013 when Panamanian exports equal to $14.7 billion. Year over year, Panamanian […]
Most Valuable Guatemalan Export Products
May 21, 2018 by
Sugar, bananas, coffee and nutmeg spices were among the 20 most valuable Guatemalan export products in 2017. Sharing land borders with Mexico, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador, Guatemala is the most highly populated Central American country. As the country’s top exported products suggest, Guatemala is largely an agricultural economy. Knitted clothing, lead, precious metal ores […]
Fastest-Growing Central American Export Countries
June 22, 2015 by
The following analysis highlights Central America’s fastest-growing export countries and is based on data for 2014. For more recent research statistics, please see the main article Top Central American 10 Export Countries. After analyzing 2014 export data, we found that only one Central American country that more than doubled the value of its exports from […]
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