by Nick Halverson | Oct 6, 2010 | Costa Rica Business
Source: www.ticotimes.net According to a study conducted by the Foreign Trade Promotion Office (Procomer), approximately 355,000 people are employed in Costa Rica’s export sector. The study found that those involved in producing products for export hold 76 percent of...
by Nick Halverson | Oct 5, 2010 | Costa Rica Business, Laura Chinchilla
Source: www.ticotimes.net By Adam Williams Sterigenics International, a U.S.-based medical devices manufacturing company, announced Friday that it will construct a plant in Costa Rica. The plant, which will be built in a yet-to-be-determined free-trade zone, is...
by Nick Halverson | Oct 1, 2010 | Costa Rica education, Environment
Recycling Expo in Costa Rica / Daily News / News / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times.
by Nick Halverson | Oct 1, 2010 | Costa Rica Business, Government, Laura Chinchilla
Source: www.Ticotimes.net Promoters of the first free-trade zone in the Caribbean province of Limón will break ground this month. The free-trade zone, to be located in the community of Búfalo, will be large enough to host the manufacturing operations of 12 companies....
by Nick Halverson | Sep 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
Source: Tico Times By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | awilliams@ticotimes.net A recent study conducted by Internet provider Radiográfica Costarricense S.A. (RACSA) and market research firm CID Gallup revealed that 53 percent of Costa Ricans (2.4 million people)...