Prawns, cheese, honey, vegetables, peanut oil, peanuts, raw sugar and fruits are some of the products that people want to have duty free status under the FTA.
In the framework of bilateral negotiations for free trade between the two countries, Nicaraguan businessmen pointed out that there are several products that are in the list for staged tax relief, such as shrimp, cheese, honey, vegetables, peanut oil, peanuts, sugar raw and fruits, but they are looking for a"better tariff treatment"for others that are pending negotiations.
It is increasingly common to find in major Chinese cities imported food stores and supermarkets with wide ranges of products like chocolates, cheeses and beers.
From a statement issued by the Costa Rica Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER):
The transition China has experienced has allowed imports to go from being expensive and difficult to being readily available.
Italy has asked the Public Registry of Costa Rica for an extenstion of one month to defend three of the six GIs for cheeses under discussion.
The request was made at the Public Registry on September 13 when documentation was presented in defense of the cheeses, Emmental Provolone Valpadana and Manchego. "The appellation of origin of the latter is Spanish, but Italy is taking up the case", reported Nacion.com.
The entry into force of an Agreement with the European Union is not an opportunity for Nicaragua's dairy industry, which recognizes that it is not ready for that challenge.
Furthermore, the difficulties in terms of competitiveness extend to other Central American countries, where traceability of livestock products is not implemented, as required by European standards.
Both blocks decided to concede in what seemed to be irreducible positions, making last minute concessions yesterday.
One of the key issues was denominations of origin: Europe demanded laws to protect brands such as champagne and manchego cheese. The other was how many dairy products would be allowed into the Central American market. The latter was closed when Central America agreed to allow 1.900 tons of powder milk with reduced tariffs and 3.000 tons of cheese, excluding fresh cheese.
The president of the Nicaraguan Diary Sector Chamber said that the obstacles set up by El Salvador for diary products is a recurrent problem.
Elnuevodiario.com.ni reports: "He added that Salvadorans are not recognizing certificates issued the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Mag-For, and they are imposing quotas on Nicaraguan cheese processors; these are two situations which violate the