If you are or wish to be in the hemp and cannabis business for medicinal and therapeutic purposes and are looking to expand your operations, the Government of Costa Rica has signed and approved two regulations of Law 10113, Law of Cannabis for Medicinal and Therapeutic Use and Hemp for Food and Industrial Use. The first regulation signed by the President, includes within its scope the rules and requirements to produce Hemp for industrial and food use. This new regulation grants two types of authorizations for companies that want to develop and produce hemp in Costa Rica, for a period of six years renewable for identical periods, which are:

Hemp cultivation and production licenses will be inexpensive and widely available in Costa Rica, according to the regulations approved by the government. Costa Rica’s rules set the THC limit in hemp at 1.0%, which means that CBD production in the country will be more efficient because CBD increases in hemp plants in proportion to THC. Most countries in the world follow a generally accepted limit of 0.3 % THC as a legal barrier, but some countries in Latin America and Asia are adopting the 1.0 % threshold as the dividing line between hemp and marijuana. Recreational use is not approved yet although there have been several proposals.