Agricultural representatives from Costa Rica returned to the largest fresh produce fair in the US. From October 27 to 29, Costa Rican products were promoted at The Global Produce and Floral Show, organized by the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and held in Orlando, Florida.
The Global Produce and Floral Show is the most important fresh produce fair in the agricultural sector in the US market, attended by nearly 23,500 visitors and more than 1,000 exhibitors from 60 countries.
The national products promoted at the fair were carrots, cabbage, beets, cassava, chayote, ginger, pumpkin, pineapple, taro, broccoli, strawberries, eddoes, bananas and taro.
For Mario Sáenz, Manager of Export Development at PROCOMER, the agricultural sector is a very important engine for exports of goods from Costa Rica: “In 2021, this sector represented 4.7% of GDP, exported US$3 billion and ranked second in our exports, which shows that it is a sector that we must continue to support, and position it more and more in international markets, especially in the United States, to which we sent 44% of the total exported by this sector the previous year.”
In 2021, Costa Rica exported US$3.041 billion in agricultural products, including pineapple (38%), bananas (28.5%), coffee (10.2%), other frozen uncooked fruits (5%) and other fresh or chilled vegetables (0.8%).
Source: qcostarica.com