date:Jun 03, 2016
h (or pumpkin) is harvested in the province of Herrera, Los Santos and Cocle, and it is shipped in containers filled with 40-pound bags of squash, which are sold for 11 $, and 45 pound boxes, which are sold for 13 $.
From 2006 to date, the company has exported 452 containers to the US, i.e. 45 shipments per year, or a container per week. Each container has the capacity of transporting 1,150 of these cucurbits which are harvested in three varieties: creole squash, de pico squash, and arjuna squa