Foreign trade · Manufacturing · Coffee
And improvising it costs far more. A foreign client demands documentation that doesn’t exist, nonconformities are handled without root-cause analysis, and every audit becomes an emergency.
There are 365 manufacturing companies among Costa Rica’s small and medium-sized businesses — the segment most exposed to the demands of an international buyer — and behind them, the country’s entire export apparatus.
Source for the figure: MEIC / DIGEPYME, registry of active companies as of August 31, 2026. Own processing.
Where we start
Written procedures, records and root-cause analysis for nonconformities. ISO 9001 territory.
The pain of the company that wants to formalize, export or sell to the government, seen by someone who worked on simplifying it from the inside.
The institutional path of exporting —PROCOMER, the chambers, the trade agreements— known from inside the institutions that run it.
Who works with you
Attorney and notary · Foreign trade and economic diplomacy
Attorney and notary, with a law degree from the University of Costa Rica. More than thirty years in public institutions and private organizations, focused on domestic trade, international trade and diplomacy. More than twenty-five years directly linked to export institutions.
International representation. Ambassador of Costa Rica to Japan (2015–2018), responsible for bilateral foreign policy and cooperation, with a particular focus on economic diplomacy. Four years living in the world’s third-largest economy, with first-hand knowledge of the structure and demands of that market.
Foreign trade. Represented the export sector in trade missions, fairs and international forums in Japan, the United States, South America, Europe and China, and took part in the adjunct negotiating rooms for free trade agreements with those same regions. Chaired the Advisory Council of PROCOMER’s Single Export Window and the Foreign Trade Advisory Council.
Sector governance. Served for two decades on the Board of the Costa Rican Chamber of Exporters (CADEXCO), holding the Vice-Presidency. Was Executive Director of the National Chamber of Coffee Exporters and a Director on the Board of ICAFE representing coffee exporters. Secretary of the Board of the Central American Organization of Coffee Exporters.
Regulatory improvement. Member of the Regulatory Improvement Commission of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce, working directly on simplifying procedures, opening markets and the regulatory conditions of the productive sector. Legislative experience as a committee member for the approval of bills.
Recent consulting. Independent consultant since 2019. For the German cooperation agency (GIZ), a proposed national policy for Costa Rica’s coffee sector focused on low-emission production. For the private coffee sector of the Dominican Republic, a sector-reactivation consultancy whose results were presented in person to the President of the Republic.
Academia and civil society. University professor at Universidad de Monterrey, Costa Rica. Advisor and board auditor for PROPARQUES, the International Baccalaureate Association of Costa Rica and the Terruño Espressivo Cultural Association. Editor of the book El Espíritu de una Nación: Café de Costa Rica.
For mills, exporters and cooperatives: support from someone who knows the sector through its institutions, its trade associations and its history.
Representing the coffee export sector.
Costa Rican Coffee Institute.
And Secretary of the Board of the Central American Organization of Coffee Exporters.
Costa Rica.
A proposed national policy for Costa Rica’s coffee sector, for the German cooperation agency.
Consultancy for the private sector, with results presented in person to the President of the Republic.
The first step
Free and with no commitment.
Let’s talk
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