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Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism - In 2021, the Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism on the South of Guatemala was launched, which is carried out in partnership between the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar-, the Ministry of Economy -Mineco- Ministry of National Defense – Mindef-, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food -MAGA- and six municipalities. The strategy aims to recover … Continue reading "Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism"
Health workers participate in the “Information for Action” seminars by Fundazucar - The Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- in alliance with the Pan-American University -UPANA- and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance -MSPAS- impart preventive health seminars “Information for Action” to 500 public health workers from the South of Guatemala. The seminars will be held in 3 sessions of 5 hours each in August, September, and November … Continue reading "Health workers participate in the “Information for Action” seminars by Fundazucar"
The Guatemalan Sugar Industry acquires commitments to preserve and restore biodiversity - The Guatemalan Sugar Industry, with the technical advice of the Private Institute for Climate Change Research -ICC- and with the support of the Biodiversity and Business program in Central America and the Dominican Republic of the German Technical Cooperation -GIZ-, announced the commitments and “Guidelines for the Preservation and Restoration of the Biological Diversity in … 
The Guatemalan Sugar Industry generated 1,784 GWh of renewable energy - During the 2021-2022 Zafra, the Guatemalan Sugar Industry generated 1,784 GWh of renewable energy from sugarcane biomass. For this, more than 6.4 million tons of sugarcane bagasse were used, resulting from the sugar production process. The Guatemalan Sugar Industry contributed with 26% of the energy consumed in the country during the last Zafra, according to … Continue reading "The Guatemalan Sugar Industry generated 1,784 GWh of renewable energy"
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"
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).
