Sergio Navas

Following the report of the chicken Virus alert in Guácimo, Limón, Honduras decided to close it doors to Costa Rican chickens, which according Sergio Navas, vice-president of the Cámara de Exportadores de Costa Rica (Cadexco), it is costing millions in losses.

Its vice-president, Sergio Navas, called on members to take advantage of the opportunities of greater access to the giant U.S. market.

The increasing production of China puts pressure on the cost of raw materials and demands more transportation means, therefore influencing world prices, explained Sergio Navas, of the Costa Rican Chamber of Exporters.

Sergio Navas, executive vice president for the Costa Rica Chamber of Exporters, says demand rose due to a moderate improvement in Japan's outlook."For economies like Japan, when there's a recession the first products that consumers stop buying are high-tech," he says.

"Foreign trade needs to be tied much more to human development, but it is a job that we cannot do alone and needs to be together with the state," said Sergio Navas, the Executive Vice-President of the Costa Rican Chamber of Exporters (CADEXCO).

Navas made his announcement during a meeting with the press, where he reviewed the performance of the export sector during 2005.According to the sector representative, exports will grow nearly 10% in comparison with 2004, when exports ascended to $6.3 billion.

Navas said that the sector's search for foreign trade that promotes more human development is a decision that the CADEXCO board of directors made based on the results of a recent study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Its vice-president, Sergio Navas, called on members to take advantage of the opportunities of greater access to the giant US market.