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The Guatemalan Sugar reaches 43 countries - Sugar from Guatemala sweetened 43 countries in 2021. Last year, sugar and its byproducts represented 4% of the country’s total exports, equivalent to 520 million dollars in foreign currency for the country. The main countries to which Guatemalan Sugar was exported in 2021 were the United States, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, Haiti, Libya, Jamaica, Italy, … Continue reading "The Guatemalan Sugar reaches 43 countries"
Fundazucar celebrates 32 years of promoting health, education, and development on the South of Guatemala - 32 years ago, the Guatemalan Sugar Industry joined forces and created the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar-, which was born as the dream of a group of visionary businessmen who bet on education to promote development on the South of Guatemala. Fundazucar is the social arm of the Guatemalan Sugar Industry, since 1990 it promotes the integral … 
Sugar producers from Central America launch campaign to prevent child labor - The Sugar Producers of the Central American Isthmus Association (AICA) and the sugar organizations of the six countries in the region launched the campaign “Yo te cuido!” (I take care of you!) with the aim of cont raising awareness about the importance of preventing child labor in the sector. “In Guatemala we promote the Better … Continue reading "Sugar producers from Central America launch campaign to prevent child labor"
- Local and subnational governments and the application of the GFB 2030 through transformative actions - We invite you to register and participate in the event “Local and subnational governments and the application of the GFB 2030 through transformative actions” organized by the framework convention on biological diversity, which aims to discuss and exchange experiences for the development of sustainable projects in the present and for the future. Representatives of local …
The Guatemalan Sugar Industry will reach in 2022 more than 7.7 million trees reforested - The Guatemalan Sugar Industry together with the Private Institute for Climate Change Research -ICC- and local partners carried out the program for the recovery and conservation of forests for the eleventh consecutive year, with the planting of 900,000 trees in 400 hectares of land with species such as: cedar, mahogany, Ear Pod Tree, Picconia excelsa, …
Guatemala´s export terminal offers competitive advantages
The sugar export terminal Expogranel of Guatemala is one of the best in the world and has the capacity to load a ship at a rate of 2 thousand 022 metric tons per hour and has a storage capacity of 408 thousand 600 metric tons.
It also has the competitive advantage that 81% of the Guatemalan sugar mills are only 65 kilometers (39 miles) from the boarding terminal.
Guatemala exported 1 million 904 thousand 242 metric tons of sugar last year according to the Bank of Guatemala (central).
