While in Nicaragua and El Salvador the minimum monthly cost of farm labor is just over $100, in Guatemala it is $345 and in Costa Rica it is over $460.
In a region where agricultural production is relatively the same in most countries, production costs are very different, resulting in very different levels of productivity that ultimately benefit some more than others.
Costa Rica's commercial vision no longer only targets the north but now takes advantage of its proximity to the growing purchasing power of Panamanians.
Panama has become the third destination for exports from Costa Rica, which mainly sells plastic containers, soda syrup and paint. In 2014 exports of these and other products amounted to $612 million, 37% more than in 2010, when $445 million worth was exported, according to the Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER).
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