The Costa Rican Chamber of Construction (CCC) today announced that 2013 closed with a decline of 1.7%, about 99 thousand square meters less than in 2012.

From a press release by the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction:

Construction is expected to grow by between 7% and 10% this year

• Development of the sector will be subject to solving the problems of infrastructure, red tape, housing for the middle class and political uncertainty.

The president of the CCC, Guillermo Carazo explained that factors such as credit constraints announced last year by the Central Bank of Costa Rica affected the projected growth in early 2013 when it was thought there would be growth of 11% in terms of square meters processed as under construction.

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