In what order do I set up an agro-export operation in Guatemala?

(1) Land: screening with Guatemala's Land Use Capacity Map, whose metadata record the IGN publishes with MAGA's UPIE as contact (classes I to IV are for agricultural use with various limitations), plus your own plot-level study. (3) Registrations: MAGA's VISAR has a Food Safety area and an online imports and exports section. For crops with an official phytosanitary program. For 'solo' papaya to the US, Ministerial Agreement 593-99 (published 23 August 1999) requires registration with the phytozoosanitary area, which keeps the register of production units, treatment plants, packers and exporters, and tasks PIPAA with monitoring production units and inspecting packing plants. For Hass avocado to the US, PIPAA technicians and inspectors work under an Operational Work Plan (POT), according to AGN (May 26, 2026). (4) Private certification: GLOBALG.A.P. through an approved body, for example MAYACERT, S.A. de C.V., which the GLOBALG.A.P. register shows with an address in Mexico and a geographic scope of all countries except the US and Canada. (6) Documents per shipment: an authorized exporter code gives access to SEADEX Web, which issues DUCA F, DEPREX and DUCA D; VUPE also lists certificates of origin among its services. (8) People: budget for the 2026 agricultural minimum wage set by Government Agreement 256-2025. According to AGN, that is 3,791.20 quetzales a month in economic district C1 (Guatemala department) and 3,625.89 in C2, plus the incentive bonus under Decree 78-89. The rules in Title Four, Chapter One (agricultural and livestock work) of the Labor Code also apply.