Central American port statistical s ummary Year 2010
Chart No. 1.7.2.: Central American Isthmus: Cargo handled in ports by geographic regions of the world by country (percentages), Year 2010 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00% South America 10.14%
Europe
Guatemala
North America 62.39%
Asia
Caribbean
4.52%
Central America 2.68%
El Salvador
44.84%
2.97%
Honduras
68.53%
Nicaragua
34.95%
Costa Rica
44.75%
Panama
34.29%
Others
6.89%
3.98%
9.38%
3.92%
5.46%
9.76%
2.37%
30.68%
6.63%
8.12%
3.20%
4.81%
3.59%
5.13%
31.74%
0.64%
0.00%
7.11%
10.87%
14.69%
9.80%
7.35%
17.95%
3.60%
0.34%
16.21%
18.86%
4.71%
7.20%
16.46%
3.90%
14.58%
Source: Central American Port Companies and Panama Maritime Authority
Guatemala For Guatemala, the main region for cargo origin was North America with a 59.87% share, corresponding to 6.23 million MT. The United States was the main market with 5.37 million MT, of 86.20%. South America is the second most important region of origin with 12.82%, equivalent to 1.33 million MT, with Colombia standing with imports from there amounting to 810,910 MT. Asia is in third place with 769,100 MT offloaded, of which 446,410 MT came from China. The Caribbean follows with 437,210 MT, of which 63.02% (equivalent to 275,780 MT) came from the ports of the Dutch Antilles. Next was Europe with 417,000 MT coming from several countries (Holland, Norway, Estonia, Spain, Germany, among others) and lastly was Central America with 3.23% of the offloaded cargo. Panama was the main country of origin by sea with 220,150 MT. Regarding cargo destination from Guatemala, North America was also in first with 4.30 million MT (66.46%), of which 3.74 million MT correspond to the United States. Asia is second with 393,390
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CENTRAL AMERICAN MARITIME TRANSPORT COMMISSION COCATRAM