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Lower production has weighed on fruit exports

Panama
Thursday 23 March 2017

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The balance sheet is not satisfactory for fruits exports from Panama. Lower sales for melons, pineapples and bananas.

UNPAPA (National Union of Agricultural Producers of Panama) estimates that the country has lost about 24,000 hectares of fruit crops in recent years, which has led to a decrease in exports.

 
 
 
According to UNPAPA the country has lost about 24,000 hectares of melons, watermelons, pineapples and bananas. For 3 of these fruits, the 2016 exports recorded value performances that were markedly lower than those of the previous year. Only watermelon exports were better in 2016 but the year 2015 was a bad year.
 
 
 
This overall decline in exports is a direct consequence of the decline in production. UNPAPA reveals that melons and watermelons covered only 500 hectares when they totaled 9,000 hectares a few years ago. Bananas are experiencing the same problem, 4 000 hectares currently against 18 000 hectares.

 

source : panamaamerica.com.pa

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