According to the ministry, Jiménez already has scheduled meetings with at least 20 Mexican businessmen.
/ Ministry of Foreign Trade courtesy photo.
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Minister of Foreign Trade travels to México
to promote more investment to Costa Rica
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Dyalá Jiménez-Figueres, minister of Foreign Trade, is in Mexico this week along with a delegation to try to attract more investment to Costa Rica.
According to the ministry, Jiménez already has scheduled meetings with at least 20 Mexican businessmen, to "present the quality of Costa Rica as an export platform."
"México is turning its gaze towards business partners in Latin America, and our country is being seen as a highly trusted partner," said Jiménez. "This generates a unique window to show our potential."
According to the Ministry of Economy, México is an important trading partner for Costa Rica. In 2018, exports to that country were $291.6 million in products such as palm oil, syrups and concentrates for the preparation of soft drinks, among others. Imports of Mexican products were 2.4 times higher than exports. Last year they reached $713 million.
Among the companies that the minister will visit is Mexifrutas, a firm that recently announced the opening of a fruit processing plant worth $20 million in Siquirres in the province of Limón.
On July 8, as A.M. Costa Rica reported, Mexifrutas, through its subsidiary in Costa Rica, Corymex, announced the acquired of 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.
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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