# Central America Regional Supply and Market Outlook - February 5, 2019 - Guatemala | ReliefWeb

> The FEWS NET regional outlook for Central America covers the 2018/19 marketing year and expects aggregate maize, dry bean and rice output to fall below the previous year but stay above the five-year average. An extended dry spell hurt households in the Dry Corridor. The region is expected to have above-average maize and bean self-sufficiency and an average rice deficit, with imports filling gaps.

- Date: 2019-02-05 · published 2019-02-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Central America · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60532-central-america-regional-supply-and-market-outlook-february-5-2019-guatemala
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Output above the five-year average and reliance on imports mean regional demand for imported maize and rice should stay steady. The effect on world prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-02-14 | [Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook: February 2019 \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60540-livestock-dairy-and-poultry-outlook-february-2019-economic-research-service.md) | -1.4% | -3.4% |
| CORN | 2026-05-01 | [FAPRI Release 2026 International Agricultural Market Outlook \| Dakota News Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19322-fapri-release-2026-international-agricultural-market-outlook-dakota-news-network.md) | -1.4% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2024-10-11 | [Canada Know-Risk Market Outlook \| WASDE Neutral for Grain and Oilseeds](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27807-canada-know-risk-market-outlook-wasde-neutral-for-grain-and-oilseeds.md) | -1.8% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2018-05-16 | [Jim Hilker: Market Outlook - May 2018 - Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64880-jim-hilker-market-outlook-may-2018-department-of-agricultural-food-and-resource.md) | +0.3% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2023-03-22 | [AgroPages-Nutrien‘s 2023 Market Outlook: Expect structural supply issues to persist and demand for crop inputs to increase-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37212-agropages-nutrien-s-2023-market-outlook-expect-structural-supply-issues-to.md) | +1.7% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/guatemala/central-america-regional-supply-and-market-outlook-february-5-2019

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