Panama’s Agricultural Situation and Strategies for Promoting the Export of Tropical Fruits in Northeast Asian Market

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· 발행기관 : 한국국제농업개발학회
· 수록지 정보 : 한국국제농업개발학회지 / 24권 / 2호 / 152 ~ 168페이지
· 저자명 : 임정빈, Hong Sok(Brian) Kim

초록

Agriculture sector plays a vital role in Panama. It accounts much of the country’s exports and employs many Panamanians in subsistence farming where they only grow food to feed their families. Agriculture accounted more than 17 percent of employment and agro-food takes over 75 percent of the country’s total merchandise exports. This paper examines the condition of Panama’s agricultural sector and provides important strategies to promote successful agro-food exports. Major agricultural exports in Panama are tropical fresh fruits such as melons, bananas, watermelons and pineapples. Panama is located within great climate condition that they are able to produce highly competitive tropical fruits. With continuous enhancement in productivity and quality, there is a great potential to export their tropical products in a number of potential markets. Based on the analytical results of the competitiveness of these major export products, Panamanian government should make more effort to expand its export of tropical fruits into Northeast Asian market. The government also must promote the overseas trade activities with more diversified export markets and products. This will require more strategic action plans and investments to promote high quality and safe products as well as more value-added products that will meet the demands and standards of the importing countries.

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