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Mexifrutas based company
is located in Guadalajara,
Mexico /
courtesy photo.
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Mexican
company will build $20
million
fruit processing plant in
Siquirres
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Mexican-based Mexifrutas,
through its subsidiary in Costa
Rica, Corymex, announced the
investment of $20 million in the
construction of a fruit pulp
processing plant, which will be
built in Siquirres*
in Limón Province.
The company acquired 20 hectares
where it will build the
20,000-square-meter plant, in
addition to 80,000 square meters
of road, yards, green areas,
parking, among other
improvements. The plant will
have the capacity to process 500
metric tons of fruit per day.
mainly pineapple and banana.
"The decision of this company to
settle in our country confirms
once again the potential of the
Caribbean area, where we have
directed many efforts seeking
stability and reactivation with
a view to creating jobs," said
President Carlos Alvarado.
"This new production plant will
be the best in Costa Rica and
one of the best in the world
with an annual capacity to
process 60,000 tons of banana
and up to 90,000 tons of
pineapple," said Sergio García,
CEO of Mexifrutas.
The company will hire 130
workers for the first stage of
construction.
Amazon also announced increased
operation in Costa Rica, as A.M.
Costa Rica reported June 27. The
firm said he now has 2,000 new
job openings.
The jobs will be in specialized
areas such as customer service,
technology, and services in the
cloud, analysts, finance and
accounting. In addition to
customer service, Amazon is
opening vacancies also in
administrative departments like
human resources, finance,
research, technology and fraud
investigation, as well as
management.
These positions will serve
Amazon customers in America,
Europe, and Asia in English,
Portuguese, Italian, French, and
Mandarin language.
Those interested in applying for
these jobs can do so through the
website Amazon.jobs,
filtering by location and
selecting Costa Rica.
On March, President Carlos
Alvarado met with executives of
the company in Seattle,
Washington looking for more
investment in the country.
Amazon opened its first customer
service center in Costa Rica in
October 2008. Currently, the
branch manages the Amazon Web
Services, Alexa Data Services,
Transaction Risk Merchant, and
Seller Partner platforms, among
others.
In February the National
Institute of Statistics and
Census reported that during the
first three months of this year,
from January to March, the
unemployment rate was 11.3
percent, which is equivalent to
approximately 276,000 people
unemployed.
In addition, the percentage of
people with informal employment
was 44.9 percent, which means an
increase of 3.8 percent with
respect to the fourth quarter of
2017. This is equivalent to
971,000 people with informal
employment.
Informal employment includes any
activity by those who work and
generate some income outside the
formal work as defined by the
Labor Code. Informal employment
includes street vendors,
gardeners, and domestic service
workers, among others.
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What could the government do to
attract more international
companies? We
would like to know your thoughts
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comments to news@amcostarica.com
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