Speeding up the execution of public projects and creating a public-private entity that enhances exports, are some of the proposals put forward by the business association to reactivate different economic sectors.

From a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama:

Although we expect  growth of the Panamanian economy of approximately 5.4% for this year 2018, such increase continues to be supported by economic sectors linked to foreign trade, such as the Panama Canal, ports and airports.

As a representative organization of the country’s private entrepreneurial effort, the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP) reiterates its concern about the problems that hamper the progress of sectors long marginalized by policies that discourage their permanence and certainly threaten their productive continuity, such as the industrial and agricultural sectors. The same is true for other slowdowns such as trade, tourism, construction and real estate, which also require new perspectives in the future.

Read full release (in Spanish).