Pressure Piles On Costa Rica to Remove Rice SubsidiesThe country presented its new national rice policy before the World Trade Organization.Monday, April 4, 2011
It aims to address competitiveness issues and to solve the lack of compliance with international regulations on domestic agricultural subsidies. Source: Ministerio de Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica ¿Busca soluciones de inteligencia comercial para su empresa?Costa Rica to Eliminate Rice Subsidy in 2014June 2013 The Costa Rican government has informed the WTO that from March next year it will cease the pricing system by which domestic rice producers are subsidized. Costa Rica: $104 million in Rice Subsidies in 2011May 2012 In the last 5 years the pricing system in force has transferred more than $390 million from the pockets of consumers to rice producers. Pressure Increases due to Costa Rica´s Rice SubsidyNovember 2010 WTO members launched a new campaign against the country due to its subsidies to rice production. Costa Rica to Cut Rice SubsidiesSeptember 2010 In 2009 the country's agricultural subsidy bill reached $92 million with "almost all going toward the rice sector".
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