Vice-President Epsy Campbell, the Minister of Public Works and Transport Rodolfo Mendez Mata, the Minister of Foreign Commerce Dyala Jimenez and the Minister of Coordination and Link with the private sector Andre Garnier, met with close to 20 representatives of different corporations to coordinate efforts to mitigate the direct impact that the Crisis in Nicaragua is having over ground transportation of exports and imports to Central America.

According to the Costa Rica Foreign Trade Promotion Agency (Procomer), 92% of the exports from Costa Rica to Nicaragua and the Central America North Triangle are transported by ground. Every month close to 5 thousand containers leave the country to these destinations.

The protests in Nicaragua have caused many cargo containers to be stuck in Nicaraguan soil due to road blocks.

In the meeting, Campbell proposed inter-institutional actions within the country and multilateral actions with representatives of other countries in the region to find solutions to the obstacles that are affecting commerce.

The Government will resume dialogue to promote maritime transportation through a Central American ferry as a possible measure.

Minister Mata will be meeting on Monday with representatives of the port institutions in Costa Rica, the Atlantic Zone Development and Port Administration Group (JAPDEVA in Spanish) along with the Institute of Pacific Ports in Costa Rica (INCOP) to try to reinforce maritime transportation through the Caldera Port.

The Government will continue the communication with the business sector to find prompt solutions to the current situation and reduce their impacts over the economy of Costa Rica.