AreaCosta Rica

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/05/2013

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentConsumer prices

DescriptionEstablished, price floors and ceilings for all qualities of rice along the entire value chain, effective from 23 of May 2013 and until 1 March 2014. In the case of the widely consumed 80/20 rice, previously the only quality subject to price controls, retail prices will pass from a fixed level of Colones 691 (USD 1.37) per kilo to a floor of Colones 657 and a ceiling of 661 (USD 1.30 -1.31) per kilo.

NotesExchange rate as of 1 July 2013