Weekly Report - 08 June 2017 (WR-17-22)

COSTA RICA | First pineapple exports to China. On 1 June four Costa Rican companies – Upala Agrícola, Productos Agropecuarios Visa, Agromonte, and Acón – became the first companies to begin exporting Costa Rican pineapples to China after the move was authorised in March 2017. The world’s biggest exporter of pineapples, Costa Rica is currently the only country in Central America to have established diplomatic relations with mainland China, having made the switch from Taiwan in 2007.