Drugs, Exports and Lack of ControlAn activity that generates nearly $1 billion a year in Costa Rica in exports is being seriously threatened by the infiltration of drug traffickers, who are taking advantage of loopholes left open by the government because it does not have an adequate system for checking containers and registering exporters.Thursday, August 30, 2018
The most recent seizure of 45 kilos of drugs that arrived in the United States in the corrugated bottom of 20 cardboard boxes of pineapples from San Carlos has once again set alarm bells ringing in the export sector, which has ceaselessly demanded that authorities to go back to the "in situ" review system of cargo, which used to be carried out before and stopped during the Solís administration. Source: Nacion.com ¿Busca soluciones de inteligencia comercial para su empresa?Pineapple: Container Inspection IntensifiedFebruary 2021 In order to prevent drug trafficking, as of February 8, Costa Rica's General Directorate of Customs defined that all containers carrying fresh, organic pineapple and by-products of this fruit will be scanned by the Port Operator APM Terminals Moín. Cochineal in Pineapples Sent from Costa Rica to USAJuly 2016 In the first half of the year interceptions of goods in the US suspected of being contaminated with insects rose by 32% compared to the same period in 2015. More Phytosanitary Controls on Agricultural ExportsJune 2016 Pineapple exporters claim to have lost $2.3 million since the authorities started making additional inspections of containers at ports of departure.
Agroexporters Ask For Drug Detecting ScannersAugust 2015 In Costa Rica scanners donated by China in 2008 remain unused, while exporting businesses are warning of the growing infiltration of drug trafficking in the sector.
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