Ordenamiento Fiscal

AGROINDUSTRY
The agribusiness sector is one of the sectors with the greatest development and competitive feasibility for Guatemala, at world level, with a range of related industries that contributeto the productivity of different industry branches. For this reason, joint actions between the Government and the private sector, have developed and executed long-term strategies that enable thestrengthening and development of the sector and its clusters, which in turn provides stability to agro industrial investments.


Guatemala offers great comparative and competitive advantages in thissector, such as:

Proximity and quick access to markets in North America (The United States and Canada, with 325 million inhabitants), Mexico (100 million inhabitants) and is the point of entry tothe Central American market (37 million inhabitants).
Guatemala’s biodiversity plus more than 350 micro-climates promote agroindustry. These micro-climates provide variety, quality and availabilityof raw materials all year round.
Abundant skilled labor with agricultural vocation
Loading ports in the Pacific y Atlantic Oceans.
Quality-price relationship.
Food security. Guatemala hasdeveloped plans which are considered as good examples at the world level.
Guatemalan companies utilize state of the art technology, and some of them offer the best world standards such as Fresh Harvest andPlanesa, S.A.
Principal Areas of the Agro Industrial Sector:

Candy
Juices and beverages
Sweet breads
Preserves (fruits and vegetables
Conservas (frutas y vegetales)
Secondary forestryindustry
Competitive Costs

Guatemala is the fifth largest sugar exporter at world level and the 2nd largest in Latin America, offering the most competitive sugar prices in the Meso American region.According to data provided by the Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL), In Guatemala the sugar sector has the highest performance rate in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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