Actually they're not, Panama hats are made in Ecuador.
There are a number of online retailers that sell Panama hats. One can purchase these hats online from 'Target', 'Panama Hats Direct', 'Amazon' and 'The Panama Hat Company'.
Panama hats
Panama hats do not, in fact, come from Panama. Shocking, I know. They are, and always have been, woven in Ecuador. However, they only gained worldwide popularity when they were exported to Panama. Gold Rush travelers on their way to the mines in California picked up the delicately woven hats as they passed through Panama, and the misleading name was born.
Authentic panama hats are made in Ecuador. Due to economic problems in Ecuador and competition from Chinese hat producers production of panama hats in Ecuador is dwindling.
Ecuador, of course!
They are produced in China!
it feels like it
Panama Hats.
Actually they're made in Ecuador, but exported to Panama.SId Fleischman author of the Great Horn Spoon In his autobiography said the hats were from Jipijapa so he called it a jipijapa hat because he thought kids those days wouldn't know what a panama hat was like. The Panama hat is made from jipija plant fibre.
Melons (Cantaloupe and Honey Dew Melons are the thing that is most exported by Panama. Bananas are only 5% of the exports.
in Ecuador (South America)