The country has launched an international promotion of the initiative in order to position the guarantee of origin of Costa Rica Coffee.
The main objective is to obtain a distinct recognition in grain prices. "What follows now is to start working on certification. Today we have only just launched the idea, we need to develop a protocol and send the proposal to our most significant trading partners," said Xinia Chaves, Deputy Minister of Agriculture..
The seal which refers to Colombian beans became the first denomination of foreign origin to be accepted in Switzerland.
The certification process lasted five years, but from now on the Confederation will protect the coffee from this country as a unique product in the world.
"The application for Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) was filed on January 31 last, after five years of negotiations", reported Prensalibre.com.
The proliferation of international trade agreements brings the opportunity to add value to products by adding a mark of origin.
An article in Prensalibre.com quotes Fanny de Estrada, director of Competitiveness of the Guatemalan Exporters Association, who said that "marks of origin are the result of trade agreements. 'One country can demonstrate an interest in many marks of origin, but that's part of the negotiation.
The coffee bean with a nutty flavor from the Acatenango Valley, in Chimaltenango, is the first in Guatemala to be recognized by the Industrial Property Registry.
In order to formalize the process of certification for the declaration of origin, the three producers from the Acatenango Valley gathered in the "Association of Coffee Producers Designation of Origin Acatenango".
Planation owners will present a formal request to the Ministry for Trade to obtain the first rules of origin for Panamanian coffee grains.
Rules of origin provide guarantees of quality and specific geographical origin to consumers.
"Panama is committed to the EU to providing rules of origin for the country's coffee thereby adding value to the grain, comments Francisco Serracín, the project's manager on behalf of an association of Panamanian coffee producers and exporters," reports Prensa.com.
The scarce supply of Colombian coffee is causing big distortions in international markets.
In New York’s market, premium Colombian coffee is trading at very high prices, averaging $0.70 per pound, because of the shortage in supply from the South American country, caused by bad climate and a plan for reforestation.
This is pushing buyers to look at other producers which are normally associated with a lower quality of coffee, like Brazil, because the coffee growing regions that are more comparable to those in Colombia, the Peruvian Andes and Guatemala, also face lower production.