What is the price of plantains per kilogram/pound in Guatemala today?
The retail price range for Guatemala plantains is between US$ 0.59 and US$ 0.88 per kilogram or between US$ 0.27 and US$ 0.40 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of plantains in Guatemala
The retail price range in Quetzal for plantains is between GTQ 4.59 and GTQ 6.89 per kilogram or between GTQ 2.08 and GTQ 3.12 per pound(lb) in Guatemala City and Mixco.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Guatemala plantains is between US$ 0.41 and US$ 0.62 per kilogram or between US$ 0.19 and US$ 0.28 per pound(lb).
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Guatemala plantains - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Guatemala exported 264,556 tonnes of plantains. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Guatemala plantains (vegetables category) has escalated, flactuating by 13.059 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, plantains' exports grew by 11.83% earning the country US$102.74m for the year 2019. Guatemala's plantains exports are categorised as:
- Fresh or dried plantains (HS code 080310)
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Guatemala plantains export values
In 2019, Guatemala supplied plantains valued at 102.74m USD, an improvement of 14.08% from 2018's total plantains export of 90.06m USD. The annual change in value of Guatemala plantains between 2017 to 2018 was 2.966 per cent.
The yearly variation in the amount of Guatemala's plantains exports between 2017 and 2019 was 11.83% compared to a variation of 13.059% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Guatemala's portion of the world's total plantains' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Guatemala holds position 44 in world exports of plantains.
Export markets for Guatemala plantains ( in '000$ )
Guatemala's best performing destinations for plantains are US, El Salvador, Honduras, United Kingdom (UK) and the Netherlands.
Guatemala procured 6,608 tonnes of plantains in 2019.
Production
The production of plantains in Guatemala was 396,466 tonnes in 2019 and is projected to change by an average of 5.43%. The country had approximately 17,838.00 hectares under plantains cultivation.