Escuintla town is the capital of the department with the country's second-largest GDP (nominal departmental GDP 2024 per Banguat: Escuintla Q77,778.7 million, behind Guatemala at Q382,594.2 million and ahead of Quetzaltenango at Q38,202.0 million); its base is sugar agro-industry (the San Diego, Pantaleón/Concepción and Santa Ana mills), thermal power generation (San José and private complexes), chemicals and consumer goods (Procter & Gamble, La Colombina, Cervecería del Sur), foundry work and animal feed (secondary source). FUNDESA drew up a Territorial Economic Development Plan for the 'Escuintla Port Region' covering the sugar, banana, real-estate, manufacturing, tourism and logistics value chains. Nearby ZDEEPs: NUMA (km 65.7 of the CA-2), Puma 1 and Tecnopark (km 67.5). The reconstruction of the motorway to Puerto Quetzal will affect four municipalities in the department.
What is the economic base of Escuintla city and which parks or ZDEEPs are nearby?
Sources
DeGuate Economía de Escuintla
FUNDESA Diagnóstico Región Portuaria de Escuintla
Prensa Libre Cuatro municipios de Escuintla impactados por reconstrucción de autopista a Puerto Quetzal
Banguat Producto Interno Bruto Regional 2024, PIB departamental nominal
