AreaCosta Rica

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date18/02/2015

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentSafeguard measures

DescriptionAdjusted the rate of the additional import duty to be levied on selected classes of milled rice imports, as a safeguard measure, from 27.06 percent to 24.88 percent. The move will bring total duties accrued by such imports to 59.88 percent, applicable from 19 February 2015 until 18 February 2019 and subject to progressive reductions in equal annual instalments.