Authorities from both countries agreed that Costa Rica would accept avocado from Mexico, as long as it has a phytosanitary certificate indicating that the shipment is "symptom-free."
The State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) of Costa Rica, managed to agree in December 2018 with the new Mexican authorities, the procedure to end almost four years of trade conflict, which emerged from the barriers imposed on the entry of avocado to the Costa Rican market.
The Mexican government has filed a complaint with the WTO against Costa Rica over the imposition of restrictions on imports of avocados, in place since May 2014.
Mexico could allow privileges to those products in connection with the unification of the FTA.
In return, it requested access to CA of its dairy products, cars, avocado, steel and white corn.
Guatemalan Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, Raul Trejo, told Sigloxxi.com, "We must be aware that in negotiations you not always getting what you ask for; sometimes you need to yield in some areas.
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