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Exhibition Generates $60 Million in Costa Rica Exports
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The sixteenth edition of the BTM Buyers Mission reached $60 million worth of export negotiations after more than 300 Costa Rican exporters submitted their products to nearly 200 buyers from 32 countries.Details from...
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Costa Rica’s International Credit Rating Takes a Hit With a Downgrade From Moody’s
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The rating agency Moody 's Investors Service has downgraded the bond rating of the Costa Rica government from Ba1 to Baa3, as published in Bloomberg , which says that "the credit rating of Costa Rica...
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New Financial Trust Supports Entrepreneurship in Impoverished Communities
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The less fortunate population with viable and productive business projects will now have better options to finance these ventures in Costa Rica.This is achieved through a strategic alliance of Mixed Institute for Social...
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Five Companies Receive Carbon Neutral Status in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Standardization Technical Institute of Costa Rica (Inteco) announced that five companies will be declared carbon neutral.Inteco, one of accredited bodies to declare a business as carbon neutral, said in a statement that...
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Costa Rican Businesses Increasingly Charge in Dollars Rather Than Colones
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Although officially the country's currency is the colon, shops are leaning to price their goods in dollars, which impacts the price of the item’s value.This is because many imported products or industries depend...
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Costa Rica’s Coffee Sector Receives Much Needed Boost Thanks to International Price Hike
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The increase in the international price of coffee has filled the Costa Rican coffee sector with optimism, as confirmed by the president of the Coffee Institute of Costa Rica (Icafé), Ronald Peters.From their...
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Job Fair in Costa Rica Seeks Over 3,000 Bilingual Applicants
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The CINDE Job Fair began today in Costa Rica for its tenth year, with a total of 57 international and local companies that offer 3,000 jobs in areas such as accounting, finance, administration...
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Costa Rica Launches Digital Platform to Streamline Trade Procedures
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Yesterday the authorities in Costa Rica launched a new digital platform called Single Window for Foreign Trade (VUCE 2.0), a project which will reduce processing costs for importers and exporters by about 90%.According...
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Central America is the Biggest Market for Costa Rican Investments
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Central America is the largest holder of investment for Costa Rican companies with a share of 64.2%, which exceeds the 28.6% that went to the United States, according to a study that was...
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Ophthalmology Giant Opens Plant in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - CooperVision, one of the three largest manufacturers of contact lenses worldwide, will open its next plant in Alajuela, Costa Rica.The American company is building a 10,000 square meter plant, which in a first...
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Surfer Malakai Martínez from Tamarindo Wants to Stay on the Crest of the Wave in Costa Rican Circuit
He had barely started walking when the national champion of the open category was already on his surfboard thanks...