“Nearly 30,000 direct jobs and 120,000 indirect jobs are at risk”
The National Chamber of Pineapple Producers and Exporters (CANAPEP), which comprises about 85% of the 43,000 hectares of pineapples in Costa Rica, has warned that “the appreciation of the colon over the dollar would put at risk about 30,000 direct and 120,000 indirect jobs, as well as the export of some 180 million boxes of pineapple and its derivatives, which generate more than one
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