Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement

Syllabus of the Subject: Free Trade Agreement between Costa Rica and Canada.

Introduction to the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement;
Benefits of the Canada-Costa Rica Agreement;
Certification of Origin;
Market Access for Goods;
Canada-Costa Rica Agreement on Environmental Cooperation;
International Trade between Canada and Costa Rica.

Free Trade Agreement between Costa Rica and Canada
Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement

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Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement.

The Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement came into force in 2002.

The objectives of the Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement are to:

Establish a free-trade area;
Promote the regional integration through an instrument that contributes to the creation of the Free-Trade Area of the Americas;
Create opportunities for the economic development;
Eliminate the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT);
Facilitate the cross-border movement of products between Costa Rica and Canada;
Increase substantially the foreign direct investment (FDI) opportunities in Costa Rica and Canada;
Facilitate the bilateral trade in services;
Promote a fair competition conditions in the free-trade area;;
Create an efficient procedures for the implementation and application of this agreement, for its joint administration and dispute resolution.

Costa Rica will eliminate its tariffs instantly on some 67% of its tariff lines, and over a period of up to fourteen years for the remaining products, while Canada will provide immediate duty-free access for some 86% of its tariff lines. The remaining products being subject to the tariff elimination over a period of up to eight years.

The Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement includes cooperation agreements on environment and labour.

International Trade between Canada and Costa Rica.

International trade in goods: 544.9 million dollars;
Exported products: 108.8 million dollars;
Imports from the Republic of Costa Rica: 436.1 million dollars;
Costa Rica is the largest trading partner of Canada in Central America, accounting for 31% of trade of products of Canada with the region.