Costa Rica Issues Decree to Help Facilitate Trade, Tariff Agreements
Costa Rica recently issued a trade decree intended to “facilitate the application” of various tariff and trade agreements, a Feb. 19 KPMG post said. Under the decree, traders will soon be able to submit certificates of origin electronically, KPMG said,…
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and Costa Rica’s national customs system won’t require commercial invoices and other trade-related certifications to be authenticated. The decree also includes time frames for traders to correct their certificates of origin, outlines which “mechanisms” are used to request custom duty refunds, and establishes “parameters that customs control documents must satisfy.”