Banana
The sector's importance in Guatemala:
The Guatemalan banana sector will export more than US$842.3 million in 2021, making it the region’s leading exporter and the world’s fifth largest exporter. The banana industry directly employs approximately 28,000 people.
Sector Figures:
of bananas worldwide
of bananas is shipped to the
United States (APIB, 2018)
of exports by 2021
(Banguat, 2021)
and around 82 thousand indirect generated