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The Guatemalan Sugar Industry ends the 2020/2021 Zafra, driven by a Guatemalan sugarcane variety - The Guatemalan Sugar Industry ended the suar cane harvest and sugar production season driven by the CG02-163 sugarcane variety developed by scientists from the Guatemalan Center for Research and Training in Sugar Cane -Cengicaña-; this is a high-yield cane, resistant to diseases and adapted to climate variability. The CG02-163 sugarcane variety, currently occupying the largest … 
Guatemala has one of the most efficient sugar shipping terminals in the world - Expogranel, located in Puerto Quetzal, is the specialized terminal for handling and shipping bulk sugar in Guatemala, which has positioned as one of the most efficient terminals in the world. With a system of conveyor belts, shipping cranes and hydraulic bridges, the terminal can receive up to 800 metric tons of sugar per hour and … Continue reading "Guatemala has one of the most efficient sugar shipping terminals in the world"
The Guatemalan Sugar Industry promotes sports and a healthy lifestyle - The Guatemalan Sugar Industry promotes sports and a healthy lifestyle and this Tuesday proudly announced that now sponsors the FC Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa team of the National Soccer League. “The Guatemalan Sugar Industry is very committed to issues of health, education, community development, and today we are getting involved in another important activity such as … Continue reading "The Guatemalan Sugar Industry promotes sports and a healthy lifestyle"
The Guatemalan Sugar Industry supports health centers to face the COVID crisis - The Guatemalan Sugar Industry continues to support health centers on the South of the country with the delivery of 1,204 protection kits for public health workers in the departments of Escuintla, Jutiapa, Retalhuleu, Santa Rosa and Suchitepequez. Each kit contains 4 KN95 masks, 2 gowns, 3 pairs of gloves and 1 protection mask. Likewise, the … Continue reading "The Guatemalan Sugar Industry supports health centers to face the COVID crisis"
The Guatemalan Sugar Industry contributed up to 46% of the electrical energy consumed in the country during the 2020-21 Zafra - The cogeneration mills contributed with 30% of the energy consumed in the country during the 2020/21 harvest, reaching peaks in some days that reached up to 46%. This was announced by the Association of Independent Cogenerators of Guatemala -ACI-, in the presentation of the results of electricity generation. Luis Ortiz, Executive Director of ACI, explained …
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).
