Third, the incentive did
not differentiate between the conditions to enter an FTZ in the developed heart of the
country, versus its very poor periphery. This similarity in the rules implied that
government could not push companies to establish themselves in areas of lower
development. Further, as the country made progress, companies in very backward sectors
would leave the Metropolitan Area. However, but of reallocating to a poorer part of Costa
Rica, they would move to another country altogether. Fourth, and finally, the FTZ system
should have contained or otherwise extended not only direct exporters but also their local
suppliers from the beginning. At the very least, the rules should have been designed to
avoid creating a negative distortion that led companies to try to source abroad, because
sourcing locally was administratively onerous.