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Despite the coffee outbreak back in 2011-2013, which reduced 25 percent of the record-high production of 3.8 million (60 Kg bag) achieved in MY 2011/2012...

The United States is the world’s largest producer of beef but it also imports more beef than any other country.

Guatemalan sugar production for Marketing Year (MY) 2016-2017 (October 2016 to September 2017) is forecast at 3.05 million metric tons (MMT).

On November 6, 2015, the Guatemalan Ministry of Health and Social Assistance published Ministerial Decree 196-2015, which eliminated the extraordinary requirement of Guatemalan consulate...

According to the Bank of Guatemala (BANGUAT), the food processing industry in Guatemala for year 2015, will grow 3.5 percent and will contribute 0.67 percent to the total GDP.

All sections of the 2015 Exporter Guide were updated to include the latest economic data and import regulations.

Guatemala does not allow commercialization of genetically engineered (GE) plants. There is a “de facto moratorium” in place.

A total of 31 sheep, 26 heifers, agricultural machines, and dairy processing equipment were exported from Wisconsin in 2014 to Guatemala with the assistance of FAS Guatemala and the state of Wisconsin

Guatemala has great potential for exports of organic agricultural products to the United States, European Union, and Japan.

After the past three years outbreak of “coffee leaf rust”, Guatemalan farmers are starting to recover production as replanted trees and pruned ones have entered full harvest.

Section II. Purpose of Specific Export Certificate(s) has been updated.

Two prestigious chefs, who make up the American Chef Corps, were invited to the U.S. embassies in El Salvador and Honduras to participate in their first ever Culinary Diplomacy programs.