In the first quarterly report published in march 2023, it was stated that exports registered US$1,789.2 million with a 4.6% reduction, equivalent to US$86.5 million less than the accumulated for the same period in 2022. Regarding imports, the same report registered an accumulation of US$3,938.7 million with a reduction of 6.3% inter-annual equivalent to US$264.6 million.
For the month of august 2023, exports registered US$4 thousand 547.6 million with a contraction of 8.3%, equivalent to US$413.8 million less than the same period of 2022. As for imports, the same report registered an increase to US$10,425 million with a reduction of 10.2% inter-annual equivalent to US$1,185.7 million.
For 2024, the organization states that growth will rebound and is expected to have an increase of 3.2%; however, this estimate is uncertain due to the presence of geopolitical tensions, disruptions in the food supply and the possibility of monetary policy tightening.
Translated by: A.M