PRODUCTION

Location of the sugar industry in Guatemala

Cultivated area

Comparative table of production

Harvest Season		Metric Tons	%
2009/10	50,888,103	2,340,853
2010/11	44,525,046	2,048,152	-12.50%
2011/12	54,330,445	2,499,200	22%
2012/13	60,488,610	2,782,476	11%
2013/14	61,012,574	2,806,578	1%
2014/15	64,674,239	2,975,015	6%
2015/16	61,360,957	2,822,604	-5%

These results have enabled the Guatemalan sugar agro-industry located in third place globally in sugar productivity (tonnes / hectare)

% OF PRODUCTION FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION AND EXPORT 2001-02 /2015-16

EXPORTS

EXPORTS (in Metric Tons)

Harvest Season	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Chile	166,137	150,936	175,009
Korea	243,723	334,100	118,200	0
United States	98,043	302,979	254,427	275,373
Canada	64,090	91,800	56,365	287,528
Indonesia	11,137	0	43,000	40,860
Peru	3,064	1,850	66,813	52,453
Venezuela	27,500	105,500	93,000	31,404
China	341,218	45,140	322,327	21,021
Taiwan	88,902	77,375	104,079	109,957
Jamaica	23,717	12,958	24,213	40,704
Trinidad & Tobago	31,898	17,073	25,215	30,303
Ghana	68,440	50,700	237,413	62,800
Others	744,557	748,574	820,305	817,988
Total	1,912,426	1,938,985	2,340,366	1,928,316

Percentage of export by Region 2014/15

These achievements have been reached thanks to the fact that the sugar from Guatemala has:

Compliance of the contracts acquired.
The quality of the sugar (polarization, Color, moisture, etc.) has met and exceeded world standards.
The efficiency of the Terminal’s boarding Expogranel.

POSITIONING OF GUATEMALA IN:

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

2º.Exporter
4º.Producer

WORLD WIDE

4º.Exporter
3º.Producer per hectare

Economy

The agribusiness sugar Guatemalan represents the 32% of the value total of the export agricultural Guatemalan and 14.46% of the export total of the country. It is the economic sector to more foreign currency generated in our country. During the year 2015, sugar, molasses and alcohol produced an income of one billion of dollars

INCOME of foreign currency by exporting (thousands of US $)

YEAR	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Total of foreign currency export income	6,561,021	6,456,476	6,640,461	6,401,111	4,181,081
Main products	2,665,523	2,672,420	2,687,173	2,668,083	1,716,493
Sugar, molasses and Alcohol	989,326	1,148,415	1,130,637	1,003,600	608,007
Banana	469,910	593,051	660,037	767,768	450,844
Coffee	955,915	713,560	660,381	664,151	508,848
Cardamom	250,372	217,394	236,118	232,564	148,794
Central America	2,447,121	2,146,790	2,535,864	2,464,771	1,590,199
Other products	1,448,377	1,637,265	1,417,424	1,268,257	874,389

The Guatemalan sugar agro-industry, which accounts for about 3% of national GDP, generates 435,000 direct and indirect jobs (22% of the formal jobs in the country according to national survey of employment and earnings, ENEI 1-2015), 31,000 correspond to cane cutters.

COGENERATION OF ELECTRICITY

Of the process of the cane is leverages the bagasse for the cogeneration of the 32.0% of energy electric in time of harvest within the system national interconnected-SNI-that represents 574 MW of power installed.

ALCOHOL

In just three years the Guatemalan sugar agro-industry became the main producer of alcohol originating in Central America, without diminishing its production of sugar since this is made from honey (by-product in the manufacture of sugar) which means that at any time stop making sugar to produce alcohol.

Currently five companies where some Mills participate conduct this process, reaching a production of 269 million liters a year.

This product is exported to Europe and United States