Palm oil, butter and other basic products would be able to enter free from tax on entry into into the Cuban market.
Capital.com.pa reports that "...Panama also achieved a reduction of 80% and30% for other commodities such as doors, windows and their frames and thresholds, cotton shirts and synthetic fiber, toilet paper and metal packaging.
Annual consumption per person increased from 182 liters in 2005 to 202 liters in 2013, while domestic production increased 18% between 2009 and last year.
Increased consumption of yogurt, ice cream, cheese, sour cream and flavored milks explains much of the increase in sales of milk products in general in recent years and the increase in national milk production, which rose from 890,000 tonnes in 2009 to 1,055,000 tons in 2013, according to the National Association of Milk Producers.
In 2013 for the third consecutive year, Americans bought more butter than margarine, spending $2 billion on various brands.
During times when the world is demanding more protein, dairy products such as butter, are returning to the table of consumers who are now more concerned about nutrition that their figures.
The Wall Street Journal reports that "...Every American will consume this year an average of 2.5 kilos of butter-or shortening, as it is known in some places, according to data from the U.S. government That equates to almost 22.5 bars per person, to reach a total of 892,000 tonnes in the whole country, an amount not seen since World War II. "