date:Feb 21, 2014
6 million dollars, 95% of total exports. Guatemalan bananas pay no tariffs upon entering the U.S. market.
The remaining 5% of exports were shipped to Asian and European countries.
The biggest banana and plantain production in the country is done in the region of Escuintla. The department has an area of 18,553 hectares devoted to the crops, i.e. 33.1 % of the national production.
According to the APIB, Guatemala is the third largest exporter of bananas worldwide, ahead of Costa Rica and Colomb