Costa Rica

Le 14 décembre 2021 l’OMC a distribué les rapports du Groupe spécial dans l’affaire portée devant l’Organe de règlement des différends par le Brésil l’Australie et le Guatemala “Inde — Mesures concernant le sucre et la canne à sucre” (DS579 DS580 DS581).

El 14 de diciembre de 2021la OMC distribuyó los informes de los Grupos Especiales en los asuntos planteados por el Brasil Australia y Guatemala “India — Medidas relativas al azúcar y la caña de azúcar” (DS579 DS580 DS581).

El 13 de abril de 2022 la OMC distribuyó el informe del Grupo Especial encargado del asunto “Costa Rica — Medidas relativas a la importación de aguacates frescos procedentes de México” (DS524) planteado por México.

On 27 July 2023 the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by Costa Rica in “Dominican Republic — Anti-dumping measures on corrugated steel bars” (DS605).

Costa Rica has managed to combine an active agenda in the Multilateral Trade Negotiations (MTNs) at the WTO with the negotiation of several Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs). Such PTAs most notably those with the US China and the EU will boost the share of total exports benefiting from preferential access in the destination markets from 24% to over 83%. Along this path of trade liberalization the country has placed a strong emphasis on the attraction of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in hightech manufacturing and services activities producing a substantial transformation in the structure of its exports and inserting a fair share of the economy into Global Value Chains (GVCs). As a result about 43% of the country’s total exports are related to GVCs with an average of 36% of such exported value being added domestically. Labor and capital employed by GVC-participating firms account for about 40% of the domestic contribution to exports while locally-provided services and supplies account for almost one sixth and one tenth respectively. In turn the relative importance of different services is quite variable across the GVCs identified.