Guatemala exported US$15,587.4 million of goods in 2025, and its biggest export was clothing (US$1,543.7 million), followed by coffee (US$1,307.3 million) and bananas (US$1,056.4 million). The United States bought 30.5% of the total.
In short: These are full-year 2025 figures from the Banco de Guatemala (Banguat), valued FOB in US dollars, built from customs declarations (DUCA and FYDUCA). Exports rose 7.1% on 2024. Coffee earned 43.2% more while shipping 9.9% less, so the gain was price. Clothing, still first, fell 4.6%. In January to August 2026, coffee has moved ahead of clothing. By buyer, Banguat ranks Central America first as a region (36.4%) and the United States first as a single country (30.5%).
The top 25 exports, full year 2025
Banguat’s Cuadro 1 lists 25 named products plus Otros productos (everything else). Values below are converted from the bank’s thousands of US dollars to millions, rounded to one decimal; the change and value-per-kilogram columns are Banguat’s own.
| Rank | Product (Banguat’s category) | 2025, US$ million FOB | 2024, US$ million | Value change | Volume change | Value per kg, 2024 to 2025 (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clothing (artículos de vestuario) | 1,543.7 | 1,617.3 | -4.6% | -4.0% | 17.82 to 17.71 |
| 2 | Coffee | 1,307.3 | 912.7 | +43.2% | -9.9% | 4.82 to 7.66 |
| 3 | Bananas | 1,056.4 | 965.7 | +9.4% | +6.0% | 0.39 to 0.40 |
| 4 | Sugar | 937.2 | 728.9 | +28.6% | +37.9% | 0.56 to 0.53 |
| 5 | Edible fats and oils | 823.6 | 729.3 | +12.9% | +3.9% | 1.03 to 1.12 |
| 6 | Plastics and plastic products | 611.5 | 597.5 | +2.3% | +3.3% | 2.52 to 2.50 |
| 7 | Fresh, dried or frozen fruit | 464.6 | 430.5 | +7.9% | +12.7% | 0.64 to 0.61 |
| 8 | Pharmaceutical products | 444.8 | 437.2 | +1.7% | -27.4% | 28.94 to 40.56 |
| 9 | Cardamom | 434.8 | 495.1 | -12.2% | -41.6% | 17.37 to 26.13 |
| 10 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 419.2 | 407.6 | +2.9% | +0.4% | 0.67 to 0.68 |
| 11 | Paper and cardboard products | 395.7 | 400.7 | -1.3% | -0.8% | 1.55 to 1.55 |
| 12 | Cereal-based preparations | 390.3 | 390.1 | 0.0% | -2.0% | 2.25 to 2.30 |
| 13 | Detergents and soaps | 379.0 | 360.4 | +5.1% | +4.1% | 1.05 to 1.06 |
| 14 | Textile fabrics | 347.8 | 315.5 | +10.2% | +12.1% | 5.78 to 5.68 |
| 15 | Other chemical industry products | 320.3 | 329.4 | -2.8% | +12.2% | 0.88 to 0.76 |
| 16 | Insecticides, fungicides and disinfectants | 273.9 | 237.6 | +15.3% | +1.4% | 2.68 to 3.04 |
| 17 | Electrical machinery and apparatus | 239.8 | 225.4 | +6.4% | +6.7% | 7.41 to 7.38 |
| 18 | Vegetables | 234.8 | 256.3 | -8.4% | +0.6% | 0.64 to 0.59 |
| 19 | Meat, fish and seafood preparations | 232.2 | 234.7 | -1.1% | -5.0% | 3.57 to 3.72 |
| 20 | Iron and steel | 223.3 | 205.9 | +8.5% | +11.4% | 0.92 to 0.89 |
| 21 | Plantains | 207.0 | 184.2 | +12.4% | +18.4% | 0.62 to 0.59 |
| 22 | Natural rubber | 189.7 | 185.2 | +2.4% | +1.9% | 1.63 to 1.63 |
| 23 | Aluminium | 178.2 | 147.9 | +20.5% | +4.5% | 2.16 to 2.49 |
| 24 | Sauces, condiments and seasonings | 176.3 | 171.6 | +2.7% | +0.1% | 2.13 to 2.18 |
| 25 | Perfumery, toiletries and cosmetics | 154.0 | 147.5 | +4.4% | +0.5% | 3.76 to 3.91 |
| All other products | 3,602.0 | 3,441.9 | +4.7% | +9.0% | 0.82 to 0.79 | |
| Total | 15,587.4 | 14,556.3 | +7.1% | +9.5% | 1.11 to 1.08 |
Source: Banco de Guatemala, Cuadro 1, Comercio General, years 2024-2025, read 10 November 2026. English product names translate Banguat’s Spanish categories. Banguat notes that its figures may vary because of rounding to thousands.
Three readings the table supports:
- Manufactured goods lead, not crops. Clothing has been first for the full year, and plastics, pharmaceuticals, paper, detergents, fabrics and chemicals all sit in the top 15. Banguat’s annual note says the top six products alone made up 40.3% of exports.
- Coffee and cardamom earned on price. Coffee’s value per kilogram rose 59.0% and cardamom’s 50.4%, while both shipped less. Cardamom still fell 12.2% in value because its volume dropped 41.6%. Our cardamom export page follows that crop month by month, and the coffee price page tracks the world benchmark.
- Sugar grew by shipping more. Its volume rose 37.9% while its value per kilogram slipped.
2026 so far: coffee has moved to first place
Banguat’s same table for January to August 2026 (compared with January to August 2025) shows total exports of US$11,405.0 million, up 6.2%. The order at the top has changed:
| Rank, Jan-Aug 2026 | Product | Jan-Aug 2026, US$ million | Jan-Aug 2025, US$ million | Value change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coffee | 1,270.1 | 1,175.6 | +8.0% |
| 2 | Clothing | 1,111.5 | 1,056.7 | +5.2% |
| 3 | Bananas | 732.6 | 701.0 | +4.5% |
| 4 | Edible fats and oils | 699.7 | 470.3 | +48.8% |
| 5 | Sugar | 622.2 | 748.2 | -16.8% |
| 7 | Cardamom | 379.4 | 252.9 | +50.0% |
Source: Banco de Guatemala, Cuadro 1, Comercio General, to August of each year, read 10 November 2026. These are year-to-date figures; they are not comparable with the full-year table above.
Who buys Guatemala’s exports
Banguat’s Cuadro 3 ranks buyers by region and country. Its ranking puts regions and countries side by side, so Central America (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica counted together) comes first:
| Banguat rank | Buyer | 2025, US$ million FOB | Share of exports | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central America | 5,675.5 | 36.4% | +5.9% |
| El Salvador | 2,137.3 | 13.7% | +9.5% | |
| Honduras | 1,782.7 | 11.4% | +6.6% | |
| Nicaragua | 1,089.0 | 7.0% | +2.6% | |
| Costa Rica | 666.6 | 4.3% | -1.0% | |
| 2 | United States | 4,748.8 | 30.5% | +2.9% |
| 3 | Euro area | 1,228.7 | 7.9% | +16.0% |
| Netherlands | 542.0 | 3.5% | +8.9% | |
| Spain | 207.0 | 1.3% | +20.7% | |
| Belgium | 134.4 | 0.9% | +23.7% | |
| Germany | 130.1 | 0.8% | +24.1% | |
| Italy | 113.5 | 0.7% | +14.2% | |
| 4 | Mexico | 688.2 | 4.4% | -5.3% |
| 5 | Panama | 306.3 | 2.0% | -5.7% |
| 6 | Canada | 289.8 | 1.9% | +56.7% |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 283.5 | 1.8% | -0.5% |
| 8 | Japan | 184.6 | 1.2% | +49.8% |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 147.7 | 0.9% | -18.2% |
| 10 | Rest of the world | 2,034.2 | 13.1% | +19.8% |
Source: Banco de Guatemala, Cuadro 3, Comercio General, years 2024-2025, read 10 November 2026. Smaller euro-area buyers are omitted from this table.
As single countries, then, the United States is Guatemala’s largest customer, followed by El Salvador and Honduras. The fastest growth among the named buyers came from Canada (+56.7%) and Japan (+49.8%). Banguat’s annual summary publishes products and buyers separately: it does not say which products went to which country, so this page does not either.
The US side counts it differently
The Office of the US Trade Representative reports, from US data, that US goods imports from Guatemala totalled $5.2 billion in 2025, up 3.1%, and that US goods exports to Guatemala were $10.0 billion, leaving the US with a $4.8 billion goods surplus. Banguat’s figure for Guatemala’s exports to the US is US$4,748.8 million FOB. They are counts by different agencies from different records (Banguat cites Guatemala’s DUCA and FYDUCA customs declarations; USTR reports US trade figures), and neither publishes a reconciliation, so quote each with its publisher.
Imports are more than twice exports
Banguat’s annual note puts 2025 imports at US$34,609.3 million (valued CIF), up 6.5%. The largest sources were the United States (US$10,891.3 million, 31.5%), China (US$5,511.7 million, 15.9%), Central America (US$3,949.5 million, 11.4%), Mexico (US$3,430.3 million, 9.9%) and the euro area (US$2,135.7 million, 6.2%). The Ministry of Economy’s weekly economic report of 2 March 2026 reproduces the same 2025 totals from Banguat: exports US$15,587.4 million (+7.1%) and imports US$34,609.3 million (+6.5%).
Money sent home by Guatemalans abroad is a separate flow, not counted in these goods figures; see remittances to Guatemala. For the quetzal value of any dollar figure here, use the Banguat exchange rate page, and for other national figures, the Guatemala statistics hub.
Where to get next year’s numbers
Banguat publishes these tables on its Informe Resumido - Comercio General page, for full years and for the current year to date (the 2026 edition read on 10 November 2026 runs to August): Cuadro 1 (top 25 products, FOB value, volume and average price), Cuadro 3 (buyers), Cuadro 4 and 5 (imports, CIF). Its product-series page carries annual FOB exports and CIF imports from 1994 to 2025.
Sources
- Banco de Guatemala, Nota al Comercio Exterior, Año 2025: https://banguat.gob.gt/sites/default/files/banguat/estaeco/ceie/CG/2025/nota_comercio_mensual_2025.htm (read 10 November 2026)
- Banco de Guatemala, Cuadro 1, 25 principal export products, 2024-2025: https://banguat.gob.gt/sites/default/files/banguat/estaeco/ceie/CG/2025/ceie01.htm (read 10 November 2026)
- Banco de Guatemala, Cuadro 3, exports by buyer, 2024-2025: https://banguat.gob.gt/sites/default/files/banguat/estaeco/ceie/CG/2025/ceie03.htm (read 10 November 2026)
- Banco de Guatemala, Cuadro 1, January to August 2025-2026: https://banguat.gob.gt/sites/default/files/banguat/estaeco/ceie/CG/2026/ceie01.htm (read 10 November 2026)
- Banco de Guatemala, Informe Resumido - Comercio General (table index): https://banguat.gob.gt/page/informe-resumido-comercio-general (read 10 November 2026)
- Banco de Guatemala, product trade series: https://banguat.gob.gt/page/serie-de-comercio-exterior-clasificado-por-producto (read 10 November 2026)
- Office of the US Trade Representative, Guatemala: https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/western-hemisphere/guatemala (read 10 November 2026)
- Ministerio de Economía, Informe Económico Semanal, 2 March 2026: https://mineco.gob.gt/images/dae/2026/02032026_Informe_Economico_Semanal.pdf (read 10 November 2026)
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Guatemala export?
In 2025, by Banco de Guatemala’s figures, the five largest exports by value were clothing (US$1,543.7 million), coffee (US$1,307.3 million), bananas (US$1,056.4 million), sugar (US$937.2 million) and edible fats and oils (US$823.6 million). Total exports were US$15,587.4 million FOB for the full year, 7.1% more than in 2024.
What is Guatemala's biggest export?
For the full year 2025 it was clothing (artículos de vestuario), at US$1,543.7 million, 9.9% of all exports. In the January to August 2026 figures coffee is ahead: US$1,270.1 million against US$1,111.5 million for clothing.
How much does Guatemala export to the United States?
US$4,748.8 million in 2025, or 30.5% of Guatemala’s exports, up 2.9% on 2024, by Banguat’s count. The US Trade Representative, counting from the US side, puts US goods imports from Guatemala at $5.2 billion in 2025.
Which countries buy the most from Guatemala?
Banguat ranks Central America first as a region (US$5,675.5 million, 36.4%) and the United States second (US$4,748.8 million, 30.5%). As single countries, the United States is followed by El Salvador (US$2,137.3 million) and Honduras (US$1,782.7 million).
Why did Guatemala's coffee exports jump in 2025?
Price, not volume. Banguat’s table shows coffee export value up 43.2% in 2025 while volume fell 9.9%; the average value per kilogram rose from US$4.82 to US$7.66.
Does Guatemala export more than it imports?
No. Banguat puts 2025 imports at US$34,609.3 million (CIF), more than twice the US$15,587.4 million of exports. The United States was also the largest source of imports, at US$10,891.3 million.
