Costa Rica Trade and Investment Summit 2025 to welcome over 400 Buyers and Investors

The Costa Rica Trade and Investment Summit 2025, to be held September 1–5, 2025, in Costa Rica, is set to welcome over 400 buyers and investors from over 45 countries. The visitors will meet with over 1,000 Costa Rican exporters, local suppliers, and multinational companies in what has been described as “the most important international trade and investment event the country has organized to date.” The summit is the new evolution of the Buyers Trade Mission (BTM) to be held in 2025. The BTM, organized annually by Procomer, Costa Rica’s Foreign Trade Promotion Agency, has previously welcomed thousands of business visitors to meet with Costa Rican exporters and industry experts in a wide variety of sectors.

After 26 BTM editions, Procomer’s flagship event, now enters a new phase in its development: it is becoming a more substantial, dynamic, and inclusive event with the new format of the Costa Rica Trade and Investment Summit, an evolution that materializes and makes public Procomer’s decision to merge its trade and investment promotion efforts, adopting a more holistic approach and creating a joint experience for its stakeholders.

Laura López, General Manager of Procomer, stated, “With the Trade & Investment Summit 2025, we are reinforcing the strategic repositioning that we have been building in recent years. This edition symbolizes the beginning of a new era: we are linking the best global partners with the best opportunities in Costa Rica. The new format is one more sign of the innovation that characterizes us.”

Seeking to generate productive and long-term commercial and investment ties, more than 3,200 one-on-one business meetings between international buyers and Costa Rican exporters are already programmed, in addition to the possibility for potential investors to evaluate concrete opportunities with local companies.

The agenda of activities that will take place during an entire week will include specialized business roundtables on key sectors, sector-specific exhibitions that will showcase Costa Rica’s most competitive industries, visits to industrial parks inside and outside of the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM), conferences and panel discussions focused on topics such as innovation, sustainability, and digital transformation, as well as cross-sector networking sessions.

Presenting Costa Rica’s Strategic Economic Sectors

The 2025 edition of the Costa Rica Trade and Investment Summit is being designed to offer the opportunity to visit Costa Rica and explore opportunities in its most strategic economic sectors, including: Agroindustry, one of the pillars of Costa Rica’s export platform and a leader in tropical fruits, coffee, cocoa, processed foods, and other agro-industrial goods. Medical devices and precision equipment, the fastest-growing export sector, are responsible for billions in annual export revenue and the employment of thousands of Costa Ricans in high-tech, high-value-added manufacturing. Creative and digital technologies: software development, animation, video game design, and digital marketing. Advanced manufacturing: precision components for industries such as aerospace, automotive, and electronics. Green and sustainable technologies: renewable energy, water management, and circular economy models that are gaining attention as important magnets for foreign investment with ESG goals.

These are only some examples of the types of businesses and sectors that will be represented at the summit to take advantage of the trade and investment matchmaking opportunities that the event is known for.

Providing Access to Foreign Investment Opportunities

In addition to the traditional matchmaking and business-development opportunities, the summit will also include a comprehensive program for investors looking at new operations in Latin America. Special sessions dedicated to legal mechanisms for foreign investment such as free trade zones, free trade agreements and public-private partnerships; fiscal incentives, such as tax exemptions and preferential treatment for companies located in special economic zones or free trade areas; logistical advantages, such as proximity to major markets in North and South America, access to two major seaports, and free trade agreements with more than 50 countries worldwide; and sustainable infrastructure, such as Costa Rica’s renewable energy grids, industrial parks with LEED certification, and smart city initiatives.

Costa Rica is also a stable jurisdiction in political and economic terms, and also has a very attractive environment for foreign investors who are looking for legal certainty and ease of doing business. In addition, the country’s environmental stewardship and commitment to biodiversity protection are often major draws for foreign investors looking to meet long-term, sustainable business goals.

Connecting International Trade With Solid Export Growth

The timing of the Costa Rica Trade and Investment Summit 2025 is a particularly strong one for the country as its economic performance and export sector, in particular, have grown rapidly.

Exports from Costa Rica reached US$8.99 billion between January and May 2025, a 12% increase over the same period in 2024. Driving this export growth is precision and medical equipment, including surgical instruments, diagnostic devices, and biomedical components, as well as a broad array of agro-industrial products, including processed fruits, beverages, and sustainably produced raw materials.

This strong export performance demonstrates Costa Rica’s competitiveness in high-value global markets and capacity to meet stringent international quality standards. The Trade and Investment Summit 2025 will provide the opportunity to link these Costa Rican companies with new buyers and business partners in order to further increase exports in the second half of the year.

The Impact of Procomer’s Global Investment Promotion Efforts

Procomer, which in 2023 repositioned itself as the country’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Promotion Agency, with a commitment to linking productive sector business opportunities with strategic investors worldwide, has been key in positioning Costa Rica in important international forums and trade fairs, with a focus in the last two years on Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

The result: FDI flows to Costa Rica increased 20% in 2023 and another 14% in 2024. A year in which FDI closed at US$2.98 billion in a clear sign that investor confidence in the country is at an all-time high and that the country offers a stable, sustainable, and open economy.

The Trade and Investment Summit 2025 is expected to further consolidate this performance through the conversion of dialogue into actionable agreements, including signed contracts, launched joint ventures, and on-the-ground expansions.

Sustainability as a Unique Selling Point

Costa Rica is a pioneer in environmental sustainability, and its use of renewable energies to produce electricity in 2024 was more than 99%. During the summit, participants will have the opportunity to visit and learn about carbon-neutral industrial parks, to understand how to integrate eco-friendly models into supply chains, export standards that are friendly to biodiversity, and investment projects in green hydrogen and clean technology.

Sustainability isn’t just an add-on in Costa Rica. It’s an integrated part of the value proposition of the country as a business destination. This is what is making Costa Rica a particularly strategic partner for foreign investors in meeting ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria.

A Welcome Mat for Long-Term Global Engagement

Global companies looking for resilient and diversified supply chains, talent-rich locations, and more stable economies in which to diversify look to Costa Rica. The Costa Rica Trade and Investment Summit 2025 is more than a high-level networking event. It is a strategic inflection point in the country’s global engagement strategy, one that seeks to link opportunity with innovation, investment with impact, and global buyers with local excellence.

Whether it is a company seeking the best-quality products from the most sustainable source or an investor looking for a safe, stable, and dynamic destination to do business, Costa Rica is rolling out the red carpet to welcome them. And the summit, in September, could just be the place where the next great business relationship is born.

Focused on innovation, sustainability, and global partnerships, the Costa Rica Trade and Investment Summit 2025 will redefine the country’s engagement with the world. Through strategic matchmaking, sectoral focus, and a robust investment agenda, Costa Rica is not just inviting the world to do business—it is building the future of business in Latin America.