One Sector Accounts for Costa Rica’s Free-Trade Zone Employment Decline
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- Employment in Costa Rica’s free-trade zones began declining after years of growth.
- Business services accounted for the largest reduction, with 3,034 fewer jobs in one year.
- Manufacturing employment stagnated, according to Costa Rican Social Security Fund data.
Costa Rica’s free-trade zones, long associated with job creation, are facing a different reality as employment begins to fall after years of growth.
The decline is concentrated in business services, which lost 3,034 jobs over the past year. The sector recorded the largest reduction among free-trade-zone activities.
Manufacturing, another major area of activity, did not show a comparable drop but instead stagnated, according to data from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund.
The figures mark a change for an economic segment that had become synonymous with employment generation in Costa Rica.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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