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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.

This report contains the list of all the mandatory export certificates required by the Government of Guatemala for U.S. agricultural exports. This report has no changes from its 2020 prior version.

Guatemala has adopted the new Central American Technical Regulation RTCA 67.04.77:20, which establishes specifications for butter. Guatemala has issued Technical Norm 002-2021, to be notified to the WTO for comments, to govern the registration and surveillance of food supplements.