Banana production in Panama
- Banana production in Panama
Banana production in Panama has traditionally played an important role in the Panamanian economy since around the turn of the twentieth century.
Bananas were the leading export item, and in 1985 accounted for 23 percent (US$78 million) of total exports. [ cite web|author=Meditz, Sandra W., Hanratty, Dennis M.|url=http://countrystudies.us/panama/46.htm|title=Panama: A Country Study:Agriculture|date=1987|publisher=U.S. Country Studies, Library of Congress|accessdate=August 30|accessyear=2008] In that year, the Chiriquí Land Company, a subsidiary of United Brands (formerly United Fruit Company), produced 70 percent of all bananas, followed by private Panamanian producers (25 percent) and the state-owned Corporación Bananera del Atlántico (5 percent). ]History
The history of banana production in Panama virtually coincides with that of United Brands, which has been in Panama since 1899. The company built railroads, port facilities, and storage areas for the processing and export of bananas. In the 1930s, a disease seriously curtailed banana production.
In the early 1970s, a "banana war" erupted when banana-producing countries disagreed among themselves and with United Brands about an export tax on bananas. Panama threatened to take over United Brands' plantations. An agreement was reached in 1976 to tax banana exports. In that year, the tax provided the government with US$10 million, nearly 4 percent of all revenues. In addition, United Brands sold all 43,000 hectares of land that it owned in Panama to the government; payment was in tax credits. The government leased back to United Brands over 15,000 hectares for banana production and export operations.
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