Guatemala Hot Plant Palm Oil in Botswana

Guatemala Emerging as a Key Player in the Palm Oil Industry

• Type: palm oil plant
• Usage/Application: palm fruit, palm kernel
• Production capacity: 10-100TPH
• Voltage: 220V/380V/440V
• Weight: According to the cooking oil processing capacity
• Dimension (L*W*H): 1200*400*900mm3
• Power (W) : 10-50kw
• Country: botswana

Guatemala has the highest palm oil yields in the world. Palm oil shouldn’t take land acreage from sugar. While Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand have traditionally dominated the global palm oil market, Guatemala has emerged has a player in this industry in the Latin America region. Guatemala is the largest exporter in Latin America (third

Guatemala Palm Oil Area, Yield and Production - USDA

• Type: palm oil processing machine
• Voltage: 220 V/380 V
• Dimension (L*W*H): 700*800*780 mm
• Oil type: cooking oil, nut oil
• Main components: motor, pump
• Weight: 500

Market Area Production Yield; Year (1000 Ha) (1000 Tons) (T/Ha) 2014/2015: 120: 510: 4.25: 2015/2016: 140: 625: 4.46: 2016/2017: 165: 740: 4.48: 2017/2018: 166: 852

The palm oil industry in Guatemala is one of the main drivers of the country's economic development, representing 1.98% of the gross domestic product and contributes to boosting the economy and commerce through job creation. Our operations generate more than 40 thousand direct jobs and more than 156 thousand indirect jobs.

Palm Oil Industry Tied to Ecocide in Guatemalan River

• Usage: palm oil
• Production capacity: 5t/day-5t/hour
• Voltage: 380V
• Main components: Others
• Weight: 1500 KG
• Dimension (L*W*H): depends

The first palm plants were brought to Guatemala in the late 1980s and have since spread like a virus across Guatemala and Central America. The expansion was strengthened especially in the years after the signing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which guaranteed multinational companies with security in their investments into sectors

standards aimed at the oil palm sector (RSPO and ISCC). In 2019, Guatemala was the country of Latin America with the largest volume of RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil, with 373,404 tons of sustainable palm oil, equivalent to 44% of its total production (Source: Bases de datos de GREPALMA, 2019, con información de RSPO e ISCC).

A rising star: Guatemala leads in sustainable palm oil

• Type: cooking oil extraction machine
• Production capacity: 100% cooking oil refining plant
• Voltage: 220V/380V/440V
• Weight: 850 KG
• Dimension (L*W*H): 5432*2636*2345
• Power (W): Depends on capacity

The Guatemalan palm oil sector has been able to grow sustainably. As of last year, it is the number one country in Latin America in terms of volume of sustainable certified palm oil, which represents 60% of the total produced. Volume of palm oil certified as sustainable with RSPO, year 2021, for the main producer countries of Latin America.

The process of extracting palm oil involves harvesting the palm fruits, separating the pulp and the seed, and extracting the oil from both parts. Palm oil is used in a wide variety of food products, cosmetics, cleaning products, and biofuels due to its texture, stability, and culinary versatility. However, its large-scale production has raised

Palm oil giants push out smallholders in Guatemala

• Raw Material: palm
• Production capacity:8TPD
• Dimension (L*W*H): 2020*930*1430
• Voltage: 220V/380V
• Weight: 850kg
• Oil type: Palm oil

In Guatemala’s main palm-producing northern region, a total of 87,325 hectares (215,785 acres) — about 15 times the size of Manhattan Island — were converted to palm oil plantations between

Palm Oil Plantations in Guatemala. Now let’s focus in on the inspiration for this piece – the palm oil industry situation in Guatemala. Palm oil farms began there in the late 1980’s on Guatemala’s Pacific slope. Then in the 1990’s they expanded into the lowland parts of the Departments of Izabal and Alta Verapaz.