Established here in 1988, VF Corporation employed 4,000 workers at one time, but now is halting its operations in Costa Rica and will lay off its last 400 employees. VF operated here under the name WR and assembled Wrangler and Lee jeans. Company sources said that the decision to shut down the plants here is due to a drop in the sale of jeans in the United States. Costa Rican exports of textiles have dropped by 26 percent, from $811 million in 2002 to $429 million in 2007, according to the Foreign Trade Promoter.
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