Shipping companies accept payment for inspection of containers but are asking for the removal of the charge for the "traceability tax disc" on the part of port companies.
Industry representatives argue that charging twice for stamps used for international transit through the container ports Quetzal and Santo Tomas de Castilla, breaches the agreement reached between business and the government in October 2014, when "...Tariff schedules were agreed by Empresa Portuaria Quetzal. "
The rise in logistics costs has a higher impact on businesses who export fresh produce.
On 1 January an increase came into effect of approximately 10% in the cost of shipping a container with cold storage leaving from Costa Rica.
According to an article in Nacion.com, companies that will be affected by the increase of approximately 10% are those who export fresh produce such as fruits and vegetables.
Costa Rica is not obligated to compensate the concession holder APM Terminals if the minimum load volumes estimated in the contract are not met.
An article in Nacion.com reports that Carolina Murillo Alvarez, an economist at the Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep), "said that the State is not required to indemnify APM Terminals (concessionaire of the docks), if the estimated minimum load volumes in the contract are not reached."
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