Investment & Business

This investment-friendly climate and government policy of making Costa Rica "the Silicon Valley of Latin America" or has deemed it "the Switzerland of Central America."

Costa Rica's bilingual, skilled, well educated, and friendly population has enticed many large foreign and commercial companies & leaders such as Acer, Microsoft, GE, Abbot Laboratories, Baxter Healthcare, Proctor & Gamble, Dole Fruit, Chiquita, McDonalds, KFC, Tacobell, Hewlett Packard, Hanes Underware, Scott paper, Pricemart, Payless Shoes, Continental Airways and Intel Corporation to make sizable investments here, both financially and physically, with major production and distribution facilities.

Western Union has chosen Costa Rica to host its Latin American regional operations center. In 1998, for the first time ever, Costa Rica was poised to earn more from high technology exports than from coffee or bananas or even its lucrative, thriving tourism industry. The World Bank has given Costa Rica an excellent bill of overall political and economic health.

Starting a Business in Costa Rica

Doing Business in Costa Rica

Investing in Costa Rica

Foreign investors remain attracted by the country's political stability and relatively high education levels, as well as the fiscal incentives offered in the free-trade zones. Costa Rica has attracted one of the highest levels of foreign direct investment per capita in Latin America.

Business in Costa Rica

Doing business outside your country, language or culture comfort zone can be extremely complicated and frustrating, especially if you have no idea what to expect in your new business environment. Here in Costa Rica, things may operate a little different than how you are used to things in other countries and North America...

Business Resources

Here is a helpful tool to get any business on track in Costa Rica.

Costa Rican Legal Entities

This section has information on the types of companies such as corporations available in Costa Rica, how to form a corporation, offshore corporations, and corporate taxation.

Banking in Costa Rica

The Central Bank of Costa Rica is in charge of establishing banking policy. It is then up to the SUGEF (the General Supervisory Agency of Finance) to enforce compliance with Central Bank policies. All banks (both public and private) are subject to the policies dictated by the Banco Central de Costa Rica. When choosing a bank, take into consideration both personal convenience and what fees the bank charges. Also, State run banks are backed by the Costa Rican government and are therefore usually considered safer...

Investments

Costa Rica Investments hold a great opportunity but we strongly advise to do ones homework. Costa Rica has its advantages and disadvantages when considering investing here. Understanding the pros and cons is very important to make the proper investment decision.

Risk Management

Global Economic forces, Poverty, and Crime pose the greatest threat to risk management....

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