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Guatemala expects a seven-percent import increase in 2026

Guatemala City, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala expects a seven-percent increase in the value of imports in 2026, compared to a 6.5 percent increase last year.

An official source emphasized that this result would be achieved by highlighting non-durable consumer goods, raw materials, intermediate products for industry, fuels, and lubricants.

The country’s Central Bank detailed that imports reached 34,609.3 million dollars in 2025, 2,117.9 million dollars more than the amount recorded in the previous year.

The national financial institution affirmed that the increase was mainly influenced by the positive variation in capital goods for industry, Prensa Libre newspaper noted.

Monetary authorities estimated economic growth for this nation at 4.1 percent for the current year, following a similar figure by late December.

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