(Newsroom Panama) Panama”s Free Zone registered commercial transactions of $8,076 million, until the end of July, about $2,202 million more than the same period last year, said a Friday report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF).
Principal destinations highlightred were: Puerto Rico sold $ 1,987 million, Venezuela at $1.239 million, followed by Colombia with $937.2 million and $600.6 million to Panama.
Costa Rica bought goods worth $320.1 million, Ecuador $306.1 million, the Dominican Republic $293.9 million and and Guatemala $247.8 million.
The chemical industry accounted for 42.2% of the merchandise sold to these markets, while textiles, manufacturing, reproduction machines, totaled 16.1%.
Most of the goods imported by the Colon Free Zone come from China, Singapore, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mexico.