According to estimates by the Ministry of Foreign Trade, foreign sales of services registered greater dynamism last year, since between 2018 and 2019, they went from Ch$9,090 million to Ch$9,565 million, equivalent to a 5% increase.

In the case of medical precision equipment exports, which represent 31% of total trade, recorded a 12% year-on-year increase. The medical devices that reported the greatest growth were contact lenses and needles and catheters.

Dyalá Jiménez, Minister of Foreign Trade, told Nacion.com that "... by 2020 there are national and international challenges. In the international framework there is a challenge that we are going to understand very well because we are preparing a lot, it is the Brexito, the departure of the United Kingdom from Europe, and another challenge is the global economic slowdown."

Jiménez added that "... internally, there are the usual structural challenges, the costs in Costa Rica, such as the issue of employer's quotas, which is being addressed, and the paperwork, where the one-stop shop of the Foreign Trade Promotion Agency (Procomer) is working."

Source: Nacion.com

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