Food, beverage & tobacco in Puerto Rico: emitters, CO2 & carbon value

72 tracked facilities, ≈2,985,984 t CO2/yr combined — here are the largest, what that CO2 is worth at current prices, and the sector's reduction pathway. Full sector pathway: decarbonizing food, beverage & tobacco.

The numbers

Food, beverage & tobacco in Puerto Rico at a glance

Metric	Value	Note
Facilities tracked	72	with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2	2,985,984 t/yr	Climate TRACE 2023
Average per facility	41,472 t/yr
Indicative carbon value	€231M/yr	at €77.4/t EUA

No carbon-pricing instrument is tracked for this country on this hub — exporters of CBAM goods to the EU still pay the border price with no domestic deduction.

Largest emitters

Top 10 food, beverage & tobacco CO2 emitters in Puerto Rico

#	Facility	Owner	t CO2/yr (est. 2023)	Indicative value
1	Chicharrones Pacheco	—	41,472	€3.2M
2	Smart Food Systems, Llc	—	41,472	€3.2M
3	Century Packing Corp.	—	41,472	€3.2M
4	Rovira Biscuits Corporation	—	41,472	€3.2M
5	Productos El Jibarito	—	41,472	€3.2M
6	Sucesion Jorge Morales Cruz Dba Macelo Guaynabo	—	41,472	€3.2M
7	Elaboracion Felo, Inc.	—	41,472	€3.2M
8	Productos La Finca Inc.	—	41,472	€3.2M
9	Savorcrafters Llc	—	41,472	€3.2M
10	Manhattan Packing, Inc.	—	41,472	€3.2M

Climate TRACE satellite estimates via IndustryAtlas — modelled, not verified; some entries aggregate clusters. Corrections welcome.

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Same industry, other countries

Food, beverage & tobacco in United States

74,470,484 t CO2/yr

Food, beverage & tobacco in France

10,343,205 t CO2/yr

Food, beverage & tobacco in Spain

8,147,820 t CO2/yr

Food, beverage & tobacco in Germany

8,140,168 t CO2/yr

Food, beverage & tobacco in Portugal

7,372,694 t CO2/yr

FAQ

Questions

How many food, beverage & tobacco facilities does Puerto Rico have with tracked emissions?

72 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈2,985,984 t CO2/yr.

What is the largest food, beverage & tobacco emitter in Puerto Rico?

Chicharrones Pacheco — ≈41,472 t CO2/yr (est. 2023). Estimates are modelled, not verified declarations.

What would this CO2 cost at the EU price?

≈€231M per year at €77.4/t — indicative full-price value; actual cost depends on free allocation and the local instrument.

How this page is built: heat-loss figures follow ASTM C680 / ISO 12241 (the method behind our public calculators); facility emissions from Climate TRACE & EU ETS verified data across 30,000+ industrial sites; the 2026–2034 schedule is Regulation (EU) 2023/956, not a forecast. Published by Inzonex — manufacturer of modular removable insulation (UK Patent GB2508992.1). Spotted an error? Tell us — we correct on evidence.