4.1. Environmental Regulations and Standards
Regulations
Most products require import licenses, however, medicines, cosmetics, chemicals, processed foods and beverages require import permit from the Ministry of Health. Arms and ammunition require a license from the Ministry of Security. The only products are banned from import fuel, alcohol and tires without tire. In the case of non-denatured ethyl requires authorization precursors of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry also economy takes control of importation.
imported products, in some cases, must meet certain requirements to enter the Costa Rican market, the most common are:
- plant and animal health requirements regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, mainly in products such as onions, potatoes, meat and live cattle. Costa Rica has maintained an active program of implementation of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and technical regulations. Between January 2001 and December 2006, Costa Rica presented to the WTO, 30 and 66 SPS notifications related to the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. Technical regulations adopted, most were in relation to technical characteristics of products, including some unprocessed agricultural products. The exercise of review of technical regulations that Costa Rica is carrying out an opportunity to ensure that they do not work as unjustified barriers to trade.
- Demands of the Ministry of Public Health, which determines who should register all products or substances that may affect human health, to the corresponding approval.
- Labelling rules issued by the National Bureau of Standards and Measurement Units (ONNUM). Although the labels are placed at different pre-packaged products, does not currently require prior authorization, the institution carries out checks to verify market, by sampling, if it complies with current regulations
7 Source: Promoter Foreign Trade of Costa Rica - PROCOMER. WTO and Policy Analysis for Measures PrácticasComerciales C. Rica. Updated 12/10/2008.
- Quality standards, which are also dictated by the ONNUM, and about which are also carried out periodic statistical sampling.
- Payment of excise taxes (selective consumption tax), which varies with the type of product.
Reform Act Customs of Costa Rica, No. 7557
law offices of Costa Rica (Law No. 7557) was amended by Act No. 8373. These modifications the law come into effect from March 5, 2004.
The most important of this amendment is that by Article 86, all goods exported to Costa Rica must be accompanied by a corresponding copy of the customs official of Colombia (or country exporter), in our case the DEX, including the actual value of the goods, the number and amount of the invoice, container number, the gross and net, and the name of the importer.
Environmental Standards
Costa Rica is part of the Agreements on Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Tanks, Nuclear Test Ban, Protection of the Ozone Layer and wetlands, has signed but not ratified the agreement on Conservation of Marine Life.
4.2. Rates
import taxes in Costa Rica are the rate Duties on Imports (DAI) on the customs value (CIF) Excise tax (between 5 and 75%) applicable on the customs value plus the DAI, weapons and ammunition (75%), jewelry, fireworks and whiskey (50%), wine and beer (40%), Tax Act 6946 applicable on CIF (1%), except human medicines and industrial raw materials and sales tax on CIF value (13%).
The average applied tariff protection has remained virtually unchanged, reaching 6.9% in 2006 as a simple average. The average for agricultural products (WTO definition) is 14.2%, while the other is 5.6%. Bound tariff rates ranging from 0 to 233 percent, reaching an average of 44.1 percent.
Costa Rica
internal taxes applied to the same charges for domestic products and imported except in some cases such as the tax of the Institute of Development and Municipal Aid, which applies to 10% on imported beer and 3% on domestic beer. The tax Agrarian Development Institute is taxed at rates of 5% to the national brand soft drinks and 10% of soft drinks produced in Costa Rica by dealer international brands imported soft drinks.
4.3. Labelling
In Costa Rica and general labeling requirements exist for some foods according to Executive Decree No. 26012 MEIC, published in La Gaceta No. 91 of May 14, 1997. RTCR 100:1997. Labelling of prepackaged food. This requirement covers the chocolate, processed fruits, soft drinks and milk and are issued to those for meat, organic products and nutritional labeling.
According to the decree, all labels must contain at least:
1. Name of the Food
2. List of ingredients
3. Net content
4. Name and address
5. home
6. Lot identification
7. Date of minimum durability (no date marking) and storage instructions
8. Instructions for use
9. Additional mandatory requirements. Quantitative labeling of ingredients.
10. Permits from the Ministry of Health
chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, veterinary preparations, vaccines, poisonous substances, mouthwashes and pharmaceuticals) also require labeling special.
chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, veterinary preparations, vaccines, poisonous substances, mouthwash and pharmaceutical) require special labeling.
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