FDI Increases by 45% in Costa Rica

These figures show that the government has reached 57% of the target it set for this year of $ 1,850 million.

The highest revenues raised came from the manufacturing sector, with 36% and services sector with 33%.

"Despite this dynamism, for now the outlook is more uncertain due to the financial vicissitudes of the U.S. (largest issuer of FDI in the country) and the European Union.

"We still cant predict whether there will be a dip in the influx of FDI. For now we have positive numbers and are very happy with this first semester", said Gabriela Llobet, director of the Coalition for Development Initiatives (INCD in Spanish), the entity in charge of attracting investment", reported Nacion.com

Source: Nacion.com

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