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Panama’s food processing ingredients market is valued at $110 million annually with U.S. products holding 60 percent of the market share.

The U.S-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) entered into force on October 31, 2012.

Coffee production in Mexico is expected to increase, due to continued government and private sector investments in disease resistant seeds and specialized technical assistance....

Due to generally favorable weather conditions throughout Mexico’s crop producing regions, production is expected to be higher in marketing year (MY) 2014/15 for most crops.

The Mexican dairy sector will again increase production in 2015. Milk, cheese, and most dairy products consumption continue to rise.

Mexican beef consumption continues to fall next year while pork rebounds slightly as the more affordable meat.

Sugar production for marketing year 2014/15 (Oct/Sept) is forecast to be about 6.3 MMT-RV. Sugar production for MY 2013/14 was revised downward to 6.382 MMT-RV due to adverse weather.