Plans are underway in Chicago, USA to open a cargo center for perishable goods which includes flowers, one of the foremost products in the perishable goods category.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
From an article by the Costa Rican Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER):
Market development of floriculture in the U.S. has shifted mainly towards determining the capacity of distribution centers. The productive sector has registered quantitative declines since the late 80s. Production costs, intrinsic agricultural capacity of the leading suppliers / exporters of flowers and trade agreements have caused the U.S. floriculture industry to focus on its distribution centers and retail outlets.
In search of progress in standardized and statistical distribution channels in the Midwest, particularly in Illinois, the Department of Aviation of the City of Chicago plans to open a cargo center for perishable products, in which, flowers feature as the star product in this category. The project will perform its functions at O'Hare Airport, considered according to statistics from "Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce" as the fifth busiest airport in the world in terms of abundance of passengers, with connections reaching more than 200 locations in the United States and other countries. Within this model, Chicago can be considered as a major player and fundamental distributor in the the value chain in the United States.
In 2017, air exports totaled 33 thousand tons, of which 59% corresponded to perishable cargo and the remaining 41% to non-perishable cargo.
The Guatemalan Association of Exporters reported that "...The United States continues to be the main destination for air exports, however markets have gradually diversified."
The Asian country believes that the improvement in the country's logistical conditions as a result of the Canal expansion, represents an opportunity to set up a distribution platform geared towards Latin America.
"... 'Panama already serves as a bridge, or as a window for the transit of Chinese goods into Latin America, and I think with the logistics development in Panama this role will increase more and will be made more use of by Chinese enterprises'" said the permanent representative at the Office of Chinese-Panamanian Business Development, Wang Weihua, according to Laestrella.com.pa.
The idea is to develop a storage facility for perishable goods coming from South America which would then be exported to the U.S.
The minister of Agricultural Develpment, Emilio Kieswetter, has visited the United States to see a new multimodal logistics platform by the company Gateway Mississippi Gulf Coast, one of the largest logistics centers in the country.
USTDA awarded a grant to Gulf Coast International Cargo Panama, S.A., a private cargo and distribution firm, to increase Panama's trade capacity and strengthen its food security distribution system
The grant reflects USTDA's strategy of focusing on projects in Panama that will create export opportunities for U.S.
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