• Telecommunications Equipment Trade

(Please refer to Computer Hardware/Software for information on current manufacturers.)

Data at this time is mainly focused on what the U.S. has provided to Costa Rica in the terms of imports.

• Imports from the U.S.

1992        $U.S.10.4
1993        $U.S.13.8
1994        $U.S.23.6
Expected growth in 95/96 was 20 percent per year.
 
• Software Exports

Costa Ricaâs potential in software exports is estimated in US$500 million. Microsoft, the Interamerican Development Bank and private investors have created a US$50 million fund to finance the development of this Information Technology cluster. The fund will be available before December 1998.¹⁵

Listed below are six software developing countries that are the key players to the project. Currently, they are active exports to the Americas and have enjoyed support from ORACLE and the Costa Rican Export Promotion organization PROCOMER. 

• CODISA
• ArtinSoft
• Sysde
• Soin
• TecApro
• Exactus
IDB has assessed Costa Rica as the most developed and fastest growing Information Technology market in Latin America. Ronald Jiménez, CODISA, said Costa Ricans can develop a software worth US$2 million in the United States, for only US$100.000!

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Last updated December 18, 1998