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A last post on this subject: From [url=http://www.worldpettravel.com/]Angie[/url]a pet relocation specialist.
“There is not a new law. This is an old law that the government is now enforcing on pets coming in on their own ticket or airway bill. The customs officials at the airport were not aware that Continental pets were not coming in as excess baggage until a very important woman (wife of someone high up in the government)threw her weight around on the 18th of April and flashed her airway bill at the customs officials demanding her pets.
This upset the customs officials and brought to their attention the fact that Continental was allowing pets to come through the passenger terminal with an airway bill when they should go directly to the cargo facility like all other pets arriving as manifest cargo with their own tickets.
Several meetings took place over the following days and the result of these meetings were that for now, only Continental would be affected by this ruling since all of the other airlines were already following this protocol. All pets arriving on Continental as quickpak on their own ticket (airway bill) will go directly to the cargo facility rather than be released in the passenger terminal as previously allowed.
Now you must acquire an import permit prior to arrival in order for your pet to be released when you arrive. This should be applied for at least 4 days prior to your arrival in Costa Rica through a broker so that your pet does not sit in the customs warehouse for many unnecessary hours unattended.
There will be taxes and customs duties charged as well as fees charged now that were never charged before as a result of the pets coming in through the cargo warehouse. The tax rate is 24.30% of the adjusted value. Pets are automatically insured at $50.00 above the amount shown on the AWB. Value is set at $50-$60 above the amount shown on the AWB and the taxes and costs are based on this amount.
You still must have a current rabies under one year and vaccinations (for a cat FVRCP, for a dog DHLPP) current within one year. Tick and tapeworm treatment prior to arrival as well. All of this must be documented on the APHIS 7001 International Health Certificate and it must be endorsed by the USDA within 10 days of arrival in Costa Rica.
I hope this information helps clear up some of the confusion that is out there about what is now necessary to bring your dog or cat into Costa Rica”.
After thinking on [b]maravillas[/b] post on the small size of the [i]pollos[/i] that are usually seen in most stores. For a short while we sold our chickens to a local supermarket, but decided it wasn’t worth it, when we were told that there customers demanded this same size, not the bigger, [i]pollos [/i]with more meat size that [i]’non-Tico’s'[/i] are used too.
[b]twin200[/b] I should have mentioned, [i]really [/i]check out this land you are presently considering to be sure that it is good for farming if that is what you really want to do. And if so, check out the water situation, and don’t believe what the seller is telling you. Our seller, an American, lied through his teeth.
If the property does not have adequate water to grow crops or raise cattle, many local companies will not allow to use their supply except for private home consumption. So a well may have to be drilled , and again, you cannot just ‘do this’ but must apply to the government for permission. Here in Guanacaste, we seldom get any rain for 4 months or more, and we used to run out of water, for even the basic necessities. It cost [i]over $20,000[/i] to put in a tank that AyA approved of, and this was only for household use.Any chicken is going to get larger, the older it gets!:?
And the papaya taste will vary with the variety grown. Organic or not.We have some, not a lot, of Jatropha curcas trees as well, that I started from seed, plus many other native wood trees added for reforestation.
But, dont expect to make money on this either, as at the moment it is costing much more to produce than to harvest. The ´nut´is covered with a toxic substance so you have to be very carefull when handling it. I have two different sets of friends who delved further into the plant, after we had talked about the possabilities of Jatropa and the biofuel it produces. One even went to India to learn more, and was told there, that even in India with wages being much lower than Costa Rica, it takes a lot of land, money & plants to make this worthwhile.
A couple of years ago, I spoke with a man located in Puriscal, about planting conditions and the harvesting, etc. and he said that a group were trying to build an extraction plant for the fuel. The plants do grow quickly and produce the ´seed pod/nut quite fast.
Now, this same friend runs his truck here on used oil from food outlets, he planted a few thousand seedlings and apart from finding it was really efficient for using as living fence posts and stopping cattle from eating the actual tree but not much else. This is what the other set of friends found out as well.
If you do start a native wood plantation with the intention of selling the wood later on, you must it legally registed, to be able to get permission to harvest the lumber. When we applied about 6 years ago to cut down some Laurel trees, we were only permitted to cut 7 trees per acre. It is not necessary to register the land for teak, since it isn´t native to Costa Rica.
The teak fad was used…and still is offered…to obtain invester status in Costa Rica, but there are many plantations that have just been walked away from….
Marvilla, we grow sweet corn at our place, so maybe try a different variety. Try just buying a local tomato and pop the seeds into your moist soil, and you should get good results. Again, these are short day tomatoes if grown locally. Works with the large variety and I do the same with sweet peppers. I have a seed fetish I think, and hate to throw any away….:lol:
I planted some cherry tomatoes seeds just last week into a hanging basket, and they are already 2 inches tall and ready to be thinned.There was speculation that this could be in the works, at least no duty on the the importation of a personal vehicle, but until it acually happens, who knows…..
There are no tax incentives on bringing in your equipment…just duty to be paid. Welders are always useful, or so my husband tells me….
Most of the seeds/crops here are short day crops and as such, most of the tomato seeds available in the US do not do good here. And really, there is not many seeds of any sort commercially available, either.
To make a decent living from farming here, you really need to be in a good growing area such as Cartago for veggies, which has more rain/cooler temps.
The commercial growing areas for bananas are in the Guapiles or Limon areas, which often floods. So, two very different requirements re needed.
Making money will not be easy, with teak as other have told you. This was a ‘fad’ a few years ago, and now folk are selling the farms. And usually pretty cheap, so you may guess the reason why….
Teak farms by the way, were usually planted in ‘out of the way’ locations, so [i]possibly[/i] there is no power to the land. We have planted some teak, but don’t expect to see much benefit for a few years, and even then, we will probably use it ourselves, but it will be there if it we change our mind.
No matter what you grow here, you as a ‘newbie’ especially if you have no prior experience with these tropical fruits, will be in competition with those selling the same items as those who have been in the business for years, unless, you have something ‘different’ to offer.
We grow lots of varieties of fruits, corn, sugar cane, beans, etc but not commercially.
One crop that [i]I[/i] think would do well and is not as common, is …ah… but that’s 😆 my secret and I am planning on expanding what we already have.
[i]If you have good broker/good access [/i]to inexpensive machinery/vehicles you may consider [i]importing them for resale.[/i]They can even kill….or [i]severely[/i] burn someone, trying to do this.
We presently have a new crop that is nearly ready for picking, and like maravilla stated, they make a nice refresco. Or get an [i]experienced[/i] local to do it for you, [i]away from your home[/i], as even the ‘smoke’ is toxic, so give it a miss.
We tried it once, but [i]never again[/i]!I heard from Rudolfo Wattson, CUNO-3M
Procesos de Purificacion y Separacion
Gases y Liquidos
Of (506) 227-71-013, rwattson@mmm.com
We are in town for a week, but he offered to meet with us here, but due to circumstances we should see him at the end of next week.
He will be in Guanacaste, all next week, so catch him soon, then he is going out of the country.
We are in the interior of Guanacaste.Thanks for your response, anyway, David, it at least gives us. an idea, considering what a salesman for a popular window company told us…. I did give both companies more information than what I post, though.:roll:
One did say, he would be in Guanacaste next week and wanted to stop by, but we are ‘off to town’ tomorrow for a week, so will arrange for him to come at some other time.[b]David,[/b] do you have any idea on the cost of these films, now, including installation. We have been asking both companies, and haven’t been given even an approximate cost.
