Textiles Lose Ground
For the first time ever, Costa Rican exports of textiles dropped to the third slot in the ranking of sales abroad according to income.

The Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promoter (PROCOMER in Spanish) disclosed that the sales from the textile industry during the first seven months this year reached us$283 million, far behind those of components for computers and bananas, which place first and second, respectively, and above pineapples, which sold us$247 million.

According to sector sources, the current situation results from the fact that the Free Trade Agreement with the United States has not been approved by Congress.