The confidence of the guild of merchants in the economic situation and future prospects has fallen to the lowest level in five years.
From a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce in Costa Rica:
Companies in the commercial sector started the year with little optimism and demonstrated their distrust of the economic situation.
The Business Confidence Index Sector collated by the Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica every three months stood at 86 points and for the first time since 2010, this measurement has fallen below 100 points in the first quarter.
In a "Solomonic" decision, the Ministry of Finance has decided to settle the dispute between CompraRed and Merlink, ordering the development of a new platform, giving the moribund state telecom company RACSA something to do.
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With the introduction of the yet to be developed Integrated Public Procurement System (SICOP by its initials in Spanish), an end could be given to the bitter struggle between different groups of state officials and private providers over "their" respective public procurement systems.
Limits to the number of contracted officers and other legal conditions are forcing large security companies to create smaller subsidiaries dedicated to providing services in specific areas.
So far this year 145 new security companies have registered with the Ministry of Public Security, about the same number of new businesses created during 2013, when there were 150.
Between 2003 and 2013 the number of registered services to provide private security companies increased 13 times.
A report by the Comptroller General of the Republic specifies that added to companies providing security services are also individuals registered as agents, which to date amounts to 29,582 people. The Comptroller noted that this rapid growth has created weaknesses in the supervision of this activity by the state, which does not have, according to the institution, sufficient resources to exercise proper control.
The high cost of medicines in Costa Rica has generated increased smuggling in unsafe conditions.
According to the Minister of Public Security of Costa Rica, Mario Zamora, "unfortunately the price of medicines in Costa Rica is much higher than the rest of Central America and this is creating a situation where smuggled goods are coming into the country."
The policy of immigration control of the government of Costa Rica does not match the realities imposed by recently signed trade agreements.
Miguel Miranda, owner of Mondaisa, was going to board a plane that would take him to Peru where he has business deals for exporting his products, however, because he lacked the visa that the country requires Costa Ricans to have, he had to postpone his trip, not having been aware of the requirement.
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