The Costa Rica Foreign Trade Promotion Agency (Procomer) holds first place for fourth consecutive year  in the ranking of trade promotion agencies elaborated by the International Trade Center (ITC) agency of the World Commerce Organization (WCO) and the United Nations (UN).

The comparative analysis evaluated 225 technical aspects among 63 trade promotion agencies in the world. Procomer earned a grade of 94.81 the highest in the history of the evaluation carried out by ITC.

Good practices of the agencies are evaluated in four categories: leadership and direction, mediation and results, resources and processes, and finally provision of services and products.

Procomer received the visit of two members from ITC in the month of March, who, during 10 days checked the processes, held interviews with exporters, international buyers, business chambers, etc.

“In my position as the President of the Board of Directors for Procomer and the Minister of Foreign Commerce, I am very proud to confirm that the work we have done is recognized in the highest global level. Procomer is once again the best foreign trade promotion agency in the world thanks to its efficiency, transparency and results. We have managed to make it a model agency, leader in almost all the management indicators and the evaluation criteria and institutional growth with the most demanding and ambitious indicators in the world (…)”, stated Minister Alexander Mora.

According to the ITC evaluation, Procomer stands out for its technical nature, its public-private governance, its long term strategy, its management of human resources, its Project Management office, institutional CRM, management team, levels of innovatinon and maturity in risk management, among others.