Bordered by fellow Central American countries Nicaragua and Panama, the Republic of Costa Rica shipped US$10.6 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2017. That dollar amount reflects a -7.5% drop since 2013 but a 7% gain from 2016 to 2017. Based on estimates from the Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook, Costa Rica’s exported […]
Honduras Top 10 Exports
June 26, 2018 by
The Republic of Honduras shipped US$8.5 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2017. That dollar amount reflects a 119.2% increase since 2013 and a 109.1% uptick from 2016 to 2017. Previously called Spanish Honduras thus distinguishing the Central American republic from British Honduras (now Belize), Honduras shares its western border with Guatemala, southwest […]
Dominican Republic’s Top 10 Exports
June 25, 2018 by
A sovereign state sharing its northern coast with the North Atlantic Ocean and its southern shores overlapping the Caribbean Sea, the Dominican Republic shipped US$9.1 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2017. That dollar amount reflects a 14.1% gain since 2013 and a 3.9% increase from 2016 to 2017. Based on estimates from […]
Nicaragua’s Top 10 Exports
June 1, 2018 by
The biggest country found on the Central American isthmus separating the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean, the Republic of Nicaragua shipped US$5.3 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2017. That dollar amount reflects a 14.8% gain since 2013 but a -5.2% downtick from 2016 to 2017. Based on estimates from the Central […]
Honduras Top 10 Imports
June 1, 2018 by
Honduras imported US$10.3 billion worth of goods from around the globe in 2017, up by 19.5% since 2013 and up by 29.9% from 2016 to 2017. Honduran imports represent a tiny 0.06% sliver of total global imports which totaled $16.054 trillion one year earlier in 2016. From a continental perspective, 41% of total Honduran imports […]
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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