Costa Rica: Booming Pet Food Market Opens to New US Ingredients

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CS2021-0017

A new export certificate for raw bovine parts has expanded U.S. exporters' access to the booming Costa Rican pet food market. U.S. pet food exports to Cost Rica have nearly doubled year-to-date, reaching $39 million through October 2021.

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