WTO notification · TBT
Costa RicaProposed measure, may since have been adopted
RTCR 523:2025 Processed Foods and Beverages. Pure roasted coffee in beans or ground. Specifications and Labeling
RTCR 523:2025 Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados. Café puro tostado en grano o molido. Especificaciones y Etiquetado
Costa Rica notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 5 November 2025. The comment period closed on 4 January 2026.
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Published here:
PURE ROASTED COFFEE
CAFE PURO TOSTADO
The comment period closed on 4 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CRI/208; it can take them up with Costa Rica.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)This draft technical regulation establishes the quality and labeling specifications that pure roasted coffee in beans or ground for human consumption shall meet and applies to all pure roasted coffee in beans or ground that is marketed in the national territory, whether it is of national production or imported for human consumption.
Este anteproyecto de reglamento técnico establece las especificaciones de calidad y etiquetado que debe cumplir el café puro tostado en grano o molido para consumo humano y aplica a todo café puro tostado en grano o molido que se comercialice en el territorio nacional, sea este de producción nacional o importado para consumo humano.
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