The following is from a 3 July 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.
Costa Rica’s Ambassador to Belgium, H.E. Francisco Dueñas Leiva, visited WCO Headquarters on 3 July 2012 to formally deposit his country’s instrument of accession to the WCO Harmonized System Convention, making Costa Rica the 143rd Contracting Party.
The Ambassador confirmed Costa Rica’s commitment to the work of the WCO and the WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, reiterated his willingness to continue to build on the positive cooperation that already exists with the Costa Rican Customs Administration.
This report is available at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/reports/?v=1&lid=1&cid=2&id=384