ABPA: Opening of Panama to poultry and swine expands opportunities in Central America

The Panamanian Food Agency – a body of the Government of Panama equivalent to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture – responds to a sectoral request made to the Brazilian Government and forwarded to the authorities of the Central American country in 2023 for the opening of the market to pork and poultry products. Country of 4.4 million inhabitants and with a large tourist flow, with one of the highest per capita consumption of chicken meat in Latin America - around 54 kilos per capita in 2023, according to the Instituto Latinoamericano del Pollo (ILP ) - and with a per capita consumption of pork of 12.6 kilos, according to FAOSTAT – Panama is a market with significant external demand for products. In 2023, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Panama imported 15,500 tons of chicken meat - almost entirely from the United States and Canada - and 17,000 tons of pork - also from, mostly from North America. The opening of the market offers, in this sense, an ...