Foreign investment in the sugar industry
- Running an agro-export operation
- Exporting agricultural produce
- Audited
The sugar agro-industry is coordinated by ASAZGUA (founded in 1957); the industry case study speaks of 11 sugar producers while dossier 08 counts 10 mills (to be reconciled). It generates ~US$700 million in foreign exchange a year, 55,000 direct jobs and 278,000 indirect ones (industry figures, undated); its position as a world exporter ('4th') does not appear in the source and remains to be verified. The mills belong to Guatemalan family groups and no public case of a stake being sold to foreign buyers was found: the practical entry is off-take, cogeneration or alcohol.
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Figures
- Sugar foreign-exchange earnings
- ~US$700 M/year
- Direct / indirect jobs
- 55,000 / 278,000
Caveat
Sources
Related records
- Requirements and cost of the phytosanitary export certificate
- Phytosanitary permit for importing seeds and agricultural inputs
- PIPAA and the crops requiring pre-certification
- Phytosanitary export certificates issued per year
- Mayacert: organic, GLOBALG.A.P. and Rainforest Alliance certification
- 3PL cold storage: Emergent Cold and its locations
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