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Imports for the second quarter of 2021 of microwave ovens from Central America, recovered by 103% reaching $24 million in purchases, mainly from China, which monopolizes the market with $17 million in sales, equivalent to 71%.

During the second quarter of 2021, imports of fruit and vegetable juices in Central America recovered by 18% equivalent to 88 thousand tons, representing $68 million, coming from Guatemala as the main supplier.

Costa Rica is planning to build an industrial park with more than seventy-one thousand square meters of construction, developed in three stages.

A solar plant will be built in Panama with a capacity of 5 MW that can be expanded to 20 MW, in order to use a source of clean and renewable energy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

During the second quarter of 2021, there was an increase in imports of motorcycles from Central America, reporting an 84% increase in purchases in the region.

In Costa Rica, the construction of overhead power line in the municipality of Esparza is planned on the edge of a public road.

Palm oil sales in Central America reflected a 74% decrease in volume to 134 million metric tons, equivalent to $160 million.

The second quarter of 2021 shows an increase in fertilizer imports in the Central American region in monetary values, representing $521 million in purchases in this market, mainly from China.

Guatemala plans to build a hydrocarbon processing plant with a storage capacity of 103,000 gallons of crude oil, diesel, bunker, reprocessing, mineral solvent, and naphtha.

For the second quarter of 2021, purchases of tractors in the Central American region recovered 114%, which corresponds to $84 million.