Mercados, recursos, indústria.
Saint Lucia’s trade pattern reflects the vulnerabilities common to small island economies dependent on imported food, fuel, and manufactured goods. As of 2020, the most recent year with detailed partner-level data, the island’s leading export markets included the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, Barbados, and Dominica, with total merchandise exports of about […]
Saint Kitts and Nevis maintains a narrow but telling trade profile for a twin-island economy with a limited manufacturing base. As of 2017, the most recent year for which detailed partner-level data is available, the country’s principal export markets included the United States, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Antigua and Barbuda, with total merchandise […]
Peru’s economy has long depended on mining, with the country ranking among the world’s top producers of copper, silver, zinc, and gold. Decades of investment in large-scale mining projects, combined with trade liberalization beginning in the 1990s, transformed Peru from a commodity exporter reliant on a handful of markets into one with a diversified network […]
Paraguay’s economy has long been organized around agricultural exports and hydroelectric power rather than manufacturing, a legacy of its landlocked geography and reliance on the Paraguay and Paraná Rivers for access to Atlantic shipping lanes. The country became a major global soybean exporter beginning in the 2000s, while the binational Itaipú and Yacyretá hydroelectric dams, […]
Panama’s economy has long been organized around its role as a global transshipment hub rather than around exports of domestically manufactured goods. The Panama Canal, fully transferred to Panamanian control in 1999, remains central to that identity, while the Colón Free Trade Zone, one of the largest free trade zones in the world, drives a […]
