From a report by the Central Bank:



Exports of goods classified as agroindustrial totaled US $992.7 million (59.7% of the total) in April 2017, 31.7% more than in the same period in 2016; an increase which is mainly due to an improvement in the volume and price of coffee.



The value of external shipments of coffee totaled US $636.0 million, higher by US $211.7 million (49.9%) compared to January-April 2016; due to a 27.0% increase in volume, as a result of the continuous implementation of improvements in sowing and fertilization, which help increase yields; In addition, an average increase of 18.0% was see in its price. Among the main destinations of this good are: Germany, Belgium and the USA.



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Goods Agricultural products Countries Honduras Insight agroexport exports agroindustry agricultural production Agricultural sector International Commerce Agriculture & Food Agroindustry More on this topic Honduras: Exports Down 2% Between January and May of this year, sales abroad totaled $2.091 billion, registering a decrease of almost 2% with respect to the amount accumulated in the same period in 2017.



A report of the Central Bank of Honduras states that "... Agroindustrial activities generated foreign currency of US $1.137 billion, which represents a decrease of US $142.7 million in relation to the amount obtained in the interval from January to May in the previous year; essentially because of a reduction of US $133.3 million in coffee exports, a fact linked to the 14.6% drop in the international price of coffee (existence of an oversupply of coffee in the world market and the speculation of a better harvest by Brazil)." Honduran Agroexports Up 34% In the first quarter of the year, agro-industrial exports grew by 34% compared to the same period in 2016, mainly due to a 25% increase in the volume of coffee exported.



Between January and March, exports from the agroindustrial sector totaled $741 million, of which $460 million corresponded to income generated by the export of coffee, which was favored by an increase in the international price of the grain. El Salvador: Coffee Exports Up 18% Between October 2014 and April this year 499,000 hundredweight have been exported, generating revenues of $100 million, 18% more than in the same period of the previous harvest.



From the Salvadoran Coffee Council:



According to preliminary figures from the Salvadoran Coffee Council, the cumulative export volume of coffee corresponding to the period 2014/2015 October / 14 to April / US, amounted to 499,415 hundredweight, with a total income of $99.55 million and an average price of $199.33 per hundredweight. The exported amount represents an increase of 17.6% in volume and 54.1% in value compared to the same period last year. Last year in the seven month period 424.792 hundredweight was exported, worth $64.61 million, and had an average price of $152.10 per hundredweight. Differentiated coffees are providing great support to exports in terms of increase in revenues. Guatemalan Exports Up 27% The country sold $4,578 million worth of goods abroad in the first 5 months of the year, 26.8% more than in the same period in 2010.



According to officials from the Bank of Guatemala, the increase is mainly explained by the increase in the price of commodities, especially sugar, bananas, coffee and cardamom oil.