AreaCosta Rica

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/07/2012

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentSupport prices

DescriptionCourt sentence ruled in favor of rice producers and instructed damages be paid to them. In addition to instructing that producer prices be fixed based on technical criteria, the court ruling also set a higher producer price of USD 614 per tonne (colones 23 131 per 73.6 kg bag).