Costa Rica: No Reduction of Bean Prices

Industrialist point out that the declaration of shortage of grain by the government has failed to solve the problem in the local market, where the price of a kilo has increased by $1.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The National Association of Manufacturers of Beans in Costa Rica (Anifri) argues that the change in the verification of phytosanitary measures by the Ministry of Agriculture is the cause of the grain shortages and price increases in the country.

Alejandro Monge, president of Anifri, told Diarioextra.com that "... the problem is the lack of interest in changing the health measure, which prevents impure grains from entering, because other measures have been suggested, but the State SFE insists that they do not come into the country, even though there is a shortage. "

Monge said: "'We, who buy beans from abroad, we know that the price that end consumers are paying is due to grain shortages, aggravated by applying the criteria of the Phytosanitary Registry'."

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