Costa Rica's Trade
Minister to Attend Trade
Fair in China
The Ministerio de
Comerico Exterior (Costa
Rica's Foreign Trade
Ministry) said on
Tuesday that Foreign
Trade Minister Marco
Vinicio Ruiz will lead a
Costa Rican delegation
that will attend an
investment and trade
fair in Xiamen in east
China's Fujian province
from Sept. 8-11,
This will be the first
time that Costa Rica
takes part in an
international investment
and trade fair hosted by
China.
Ruiz is expected to
deliver speeches on the
investment environment
and infrastructure
construction projects in
Costa Rica in order to
showcase his country's
competitiveness as an
investment destination
and an ideal gateway to
trade and businesses in
the whole Central
American region.
Trade and development
promotion institutes in
Costa Rica will also
bring along information
on trade and investment
possibilities in their
country at its
exhibition area.
The bilateral trade
volume between China and
Costa Rica in
2006reached 1.08 billion
U.S. dollars and China
has become Costa Rica's
second-largest trading
partner, according to
the statistics from the
Costa Rican Foreign
Trade Ministry.
The Costa Rican
government has expressed
hope that trade with
China could double over
the next three years.
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