 Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement
Syllabus of the Subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Costa Rica and Canada
- Introduction to the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
- Benefits of the Canada-Costa Rica Agreement
- Certification of Origin
- Market Access for Goods
- Canada-Costa Rica Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
- International Trade (Import, Export) between Canada and Costa Rica
Sample of the Subject: Free Trade Agreement between Costa Rica and Canada

Description of the Subject: Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
The Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement came into force in 2002.
The objectives of the Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) 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

Costa Rica belongs to the Latin American Economic Area and Canada to the North American area of the Western Civilisation.
- Canadian Free Trade Agreements (FTA):
NAFTA,
APEC,
Trans-Pacific Agreement, European
Union,
EFTA,
Jordan,
ASEAN,
India,
Honduras,
Panama,
Colombia,
Peru,
Chile...
-
Costa Rican Free Trade Agreements (FTA): China, Mexico,
Central America (European Union,
United States,
EFTA),
Central American Integration System...
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