Sugar, the leading export crop, is produced in nearly every parish.
Currently, tobacco, cotton and coffee are the main export crops.
Coffee was another export crop but of much less importance.
Tea and coffee were not the only important export crops.
During this era, coffee became an important export crop for Guatemala.
A large part of the cultivated land is used to grow export crops.
During the 1980s, coffee became the country's most valuable export crop.
The Colony also had little success with other export crops.
By 1880 coffee had become virtually the sole export crop.
Other regions also became dependent on one or two export crops.