Costa Rican industry is paying 33% more for potato tubers because of a scarcity in the market, resulting in a call for a reduction of import tariffs.
In the country the high price of potatoes for industrial use compared to prices in other markets is already old news.
Now the Costa Rican Chamber of Food Industry (Cacia) is asking for the tariff, which currently stands at 46%, to be lowered, in order to import at a reasonable cost and in this way deal with local shortages.
The food industry claims that several processing plants have stopped work due to shortage of raw materials and are asking the government to eliminate import tariffs in order to solve the problem.
From a statement from the Costa Rican Chamber of the Food Industry (CACIA):
Given the serious problem of the shortage of potatoes for industrial use, which for weeks has paralyzed the production of several processing plants; threatening the jobs of some 2,000 people directly dependent on this sector; the Costa Rican Chamber of the Food Industry, CACIA is making an urgent call to the Government of the Republic to immediately attend to this crisis.
Ornamental plants are part of agricultural export products to be exhibited from 12 to 13 March 2015 in the trade fair Agritrade & Expo 2015, to be held in Antigua.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (-AGEXPORT-):
In order to meet the demand for new market niches, the Commission on Ornamental Plants at AGEXPORT is inviting farmers to participate in the agricultural platform AGRITRADE Expo & Conference, an event which will be held on 12 and 13 March 2015 in Santo Domingo Hill, Antigua Guatemala, as there will be very high level buyers who are interested in the sector.
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