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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications from U.S. exporters for a regional trade mission to Panama from March 19-23, 2022.
“Panama is the economic, financial, and logistics and transport hub for Central America and this trade mission will provide us with an exciting opportunity to expand our growing presence across the region,” said FAS Administrator Daniel Whitley. “This is a perfect time to increase U.S. agricultural and food exports to Central America, where the rising incomes and a growing middle class in Central America are driving demand for consumer-oriented products and more.”
During the mission, FAS staff and regional experts will provide in-depth market briefings while in the country. The agency will also arrange targeted business to business meetings for U.S. agribusinesses with potential customers from Panama, a bilateral Free Trade Agreement partner, as well as buyers from countries in the multilateral Central America and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), which includes Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
Combined total agricultural exports to CAFTA-DR countries and Panama totaled a record $7.6 billion in 2021, up 50% since 2017. In 2022, agricultural product exports are on track to exceed that figure by nearly 25%. Guatemala is the largest country by population in the region while the Dominican Republic is the largest economy and the United States’ largest agricultural product export market in the region. Costa Rica and Panama are both important tourism destinations and are home to thousands of American and international expats, helping to drive demand for high-quality imported food products. Moreover, Panama is a global top-five per capita consumer of U.S. food exports.
The region offers strong capabilities in logistics, distribution, processing, cold chain, and more. Strong opportunities exist for exporters across many industries, including but not limited to:
The deadline to apply for the CAFTA-DR trade mission is Friday, Dec. 30. Complete information is available at: https://www.fas.usda.gov/topics/trade-missions/panama-march-2023.
This will be the first USDA Agribusiness Trade Mission in 2023 and will be followed by Trade Missions to Netherlands on April 17-21, 2023, and Japan on June 5-9, 2023. Application details for these and additional trade missions will be announced in early 2023.
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