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In MY 2023/24, Guatemala ranked as the world’s second most efficient sugarcane producer and fourth in overall sugar production efficiency. For MY 2025/26, production is forecast to remain steady, with planted and harvested areas unchanged from the previous two years, and growth expected in MY 2026/27.

Rice production in Guatemala is slowly declining due to limited access to improved seed varieties and an insufficient domestic supply of locally developed seeds.

The food and beverage processing industry in Guatemala includes around 2,200 companies and plays a crucial role in the country's economy, contributing to employment, exports, and domestic food security.

Guatemalan sugar production for Marketing Year (MY) 2018 is forecast at 2.90 million metric tons (MMT).

On Friday, March 31, 2017, the Guatemalan Ministry of Economy and the United States Trade Representative’s Office signed an agreement to eliminate the tariff on U.S. chicken leg quarters.