Summary
- Largest supplier: United States
- 29.5%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 1,421
- Products with a supplier above 50%
- 330
- Products with a supplier above 75%
- 106
Concentration index (HHI): 1,421 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 7 suppliers of the same size
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 1% to 19.5% of what Guatemala buys
Share (%)
- United States 29.5%
- China 19.5%
- Mexico 10.1%
- El Salvador 3.8%
- Costa Rica 3%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest supplier | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | United States | 42% |
| 1996 | United States | 39.7% |
| 1997 | United States | 38.8% |
| 1998 | United States | 38.2% |
| 1999 | United States | 37.6% |
| 2000 | United States | 36.8% |
| 2001 | United States | 39.1% |
| 2002 | United States | 40.4% |
| 2003 | United States | 40.6% |
| 2004 | United States | 36.5% |
| 2005 | United States | 32.6% |
| 2006 | United States | 35.5% |
| 2007 | United States | 34.3% |
| 2008 | United States | 35.9% |
| 2009 | United States | 35.4% |
| 2010 | United States | 36.3% |
| 2011 | United States | 39% |
| 2012 | United States | 37.8% |
| 2013 | United States | 36.8% |
| 2014 | United States | 39.7% |
| 2015 | United States | 36.4% |
| 2016 | United States | 37.9% |
| 2017 | United States | 39.1% |
| 2018 | United States | 37.4% |
| 2019 | United States | 36.3% |
| 2020 | United States | 34.1% |
| 2021 | United States | 32.5% |
| 2022 | United States | 32.1% |
| 2023 | United States | 30% |
| 2024 | United States | 29.5% |
Its suppliers
Products with a dominant supplier
Of the 775 products Guatemala buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refined petroleum | United States | 91.1%over 75% | Canada · 2.2% | $4 billion |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 50.9% | Vietnam · 22.8% | $1.1 billion |
| Natural gas and LPG | United States | 90.1%over 75% | El Salvador · 9.5% | $528 million |
| Corn | United States | 58.7% | Brazil · 26.5% | $512 million |
| Polyethylene | United States | 71.2% | Mexico · 14% | $365 million |
| Kraft paper and paperboard | United States | 69.5% | Finland · 5.9% | $284 million |
| Soybean meal and pellets | United States | 93.3%over 75% | Argentina · 6.1% | $280 million |
| Semi-finished steel | Indonesia | 59.2% | China · 34.2% | $245 million |
| Coal | Colombia | 83.3%over 75% | United States · 16% | $232 million |
| Poultry meat | United States | 98.5%over 75% | El Salvador · 1% | $210 million |
| Used clothing | United States | 97.9%over 75% | France · 0.5% | $210 million |
| New tires | China | 66.1% | India · 6.7% | $208 million |
| Nitrogen fertilizers | Russia | 57% | China · 17.6% | $191 million |
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 58.4% | United States · 18.3% | $180 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 53.6% | Costa Rica · 16.4% | $170 million |
| Cheese | United States | 65.9% | El Salvador · 14.5% | $152 million |
| Electricity | Mexico | 83.4%over 75% | El Salvador · 12.8% | $150 million |
| Aluminum sheet | China | 93.2%over 75% | South Korea · 3.5% | $145 million |
| Blended cotton yarn | Costa Rica | 53.4% | Vietnam · 15.7% | $136 million |
| Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins | China | 55.3% | Mexico · 14.1% | $122 million |
| Steel wire rod | China | 65.6% | Indonesia · 31.9% | $122 million |
| Raw cotton | United States | 99.6%over 75% | Turkey · 0.29% | $118 million |
| Soybean oil | Argentina | 68.4% | Mexico · 24.8% | $118 million |
| Toys | China | 66.4% | United States · 16.7% | $114 million |
| Textile footwear | China | 65.8% | Vietnam · 11.8% | $105 million |
and 305 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Selling: who it relies on
- Largest customer: United States
- 34.1%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 1,482
Concentration index (HHI): 1,482 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 7 customers of the same size
Trend in shares
The United States went from 42.2% to 34.1% of what Guatemala sells
Share (%)
- United States 34.1%
- El Salvador 10.9%
- Honduras 8.6%
- Nicaragua 6.5%
- Mexico 4.8%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest customer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | United States | 42.2% |
| 1996 | United States | 45.6% |
| 1997 | United States | 45.6% |
| 1998 | United States | 43.7% |
| 1999 | United States | 47.1% |
| 2000 | United States | 47.9% |
| 2001 | United States | 46.5% |
| 2002 | United States | 50.2% |
| 2003 | United States | 50.1% |
| 2004 | United States | 49% |
| 2005 | United States | 49.2% |
| 2006 | United States | 45% |
| 2007 | United States | 41.3% |
| 2008 | United States | 40.6% |
| 2009 | United States | 40.6% |
| 2010 | United States | 40.1% |
| 2011 | United States | 44.9% |
| 2012 | United States | 43.4% |
| 2013 | United States | 39.5% |
| 2014 | United States | 37.4% |
| 2015 | United States | 36.4% |
| 2016 | United States | 36.4% |
| 2017 | United States | 35% |
| 2018 | United States | 37.8% |
| 2019 | United States | 35.1% |
| 2020 | United States | 33.6% |
| 2021 | United States | 34.5% |
| 2022 | United States | 33% |
| 2023 | United States | 33.2% |
| 2024 | United States | 34.1% |
186 of the 412 products Guatemala sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Guatemala sells of that product; in 75, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 31.9% of what Guatemala sells.
| Product | Customer | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bananas | United States | 73.7% | Canada · 11.4% | $1.6 billion |
| Sweaters and pullovers | United States | 89.9%over 75% | Canada · 4% | $538 million |
| T-shirts | United States | 86.3%over 75% | Canada · 3.4% | $459 million |
| Melons, watermelons and papayas | United States | 87.1%over 75% | Canada · 11% | $369 million |
| Women's knitted blouses | United States | 96%over 75% | Canada · 1% | $245 million |
| Other knitted fabric | Nicaragua | 67.2% | El Salvador · 28.5% | $224 million |
| Fresh legumes (peas and beans) | United States | 86%over 75% | Canada · 6.8% | $180 million |
| Men's knitted shirts | United States | 78.9%over 75% | Honduras · 8.1% | $164 million |
| Steel bars | Honduras | 59.9% | El Salvador · 26.7% | $102 million |
| Natural gas and LPG | El Salvador | 62.1% | Honduras · 20.2% | $93 million |
| Industrial fatty acids and oils | Colombia | 57.8% | Costa Rica · 8.7% | $91 million |
| Frozen fruit | United States | 84.7%over 75% | Canada · 8.8% | $91 million |
| Plain frozen vegetables | United States | 93%over 75% | Japan · 1.4% | $80 million |
| Crude petroleum | United States | 99.7%over 75% | Belize · 0.31% | $78 million |
| Coconut and palm kernel oil | Netherlands | 68.8% | Mexico · 12.8% | $73 million |
and 171 more
Concentration compared
The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).
| Rank | Country | HHI |
|---|---|---|
| 88 | Kiribati | 1,438 |
| 89 | Uzbekistan | 1,434 |
| 90 | Guatemala | 1,421 |
| 91 | Guyana | 1,412 |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 1,402 |
| 93 | British Virgin Islands | 1,401 |
Links
- Trade profile of Guatemala
- Trade between Guatemala and China
- Trade between Guatemala and Costa Rica
- Trade between Guatemala and El Salvador
- Trade between Guatemala and Honduras
- Trade between Guatemala and Mexico
- Trade between Guatemala and the United States
- Dependence of Guatemala on the United States
- Dependence of Guatemala on China
- All countries
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.