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USDA Accepting Applications for Panama Trade Mission

USDA is accepting applications from exporters for its upcoming trade mission in Panama, the agency said Dec. 12. The March 19-23 trade mission will allow U.S. agricultural exporters to meet with Panamanian buyers and other importers from Costa Rica, El…

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Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic -- participants in the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA-DR. "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,” said Daniel Whitley, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service administrator. Applications are due Dec. 30.