Machinery & Equipment Appraisals in Costa Rica

Broad coverage of every industrial and productive asset category operating in Costa Rica. Agricultural machinery: tractors (John Deere, Kubota, Massey Ferguson), harvesters, seeders, irrigation systems, equipment for coffee, sugarcane, and pineapple. Construction machinery: backhoes, front loaders, tracked excavators, compactors, motor graders, asphalt plants, crushing plants, cranes. Industrial equipment: production lines, lathes, milling machines, presses, packaging equipment, electrical generators, boilers, compressors. Commercial equipment: refrigeration chambers, professional restaurant equipment, mechanical workshop equipment, medical and dental equipment, laboratory equipment. Special vehicles and heavy transport: trucks, trailers, tank trucks, cargo vehicles. Hotel equipment: industrial kitchens, laundry, specialized furniture.

Each machinery appraisal contains the three technical values that auditors, insurers, and courts may require. Market value: probable transaction price between informed buyer and seller in the secondary market. Replacement value: cost to acquire equivalent new equipment today, basis for replacement insurance. Forced liquidation value: price in rapid sale (auction, corporate liquidation). Additionally: individual technical sheet per equipment with brand, model, serial number, year, hours of use, maintenance status. Detailed photographs: overall, ID plate, critical components. Conservation state: applied depreciation scale. Remaining useful life: estimate of remaining productive years. Maintenance history when available. Calculation memorandum with depreciation and obsolescence.

Machinery valuation applies international standards (IVS) and CFIA rules adapted to the Costa Rican asset market. Cost method with depreciation: starting from replacement cost, we apply physical depreciation (wear from use), functional depreciation (technological obsolescence), and economic depreciation (market conditions). Regional market comparison method: recent sale price references in the Central American and Caribbean market, which is the real reference for machinery in CR. Reference to official importers (AutoStar, Matra, Comercial de Potencia, etc.) for specific brand equipment. Detailed physical inspection: hours of use (counter), state of critical components (engine, transmission, hydraulics, electronics), documented maintenance, visual wear. For highly specialized machinery, we coordinate technical information directly with the manufacturer or distributor when necessary.

Our reports are used in audits, insurance claims, court proceedings, and sale-purchase transactions across the country. Court cases: appraisal that can be submitted as expert evidence in litigation, liquidations, and auctions. Auditors and accountants: technical support for financial statements under IAS 16, IAS 36 (impairment), and IFRS 5 (assets held for sale). Insurance claims: technical support to set the sum insured for equipment and for loss claims. Nationwide coverage from Pérez Zeledón and Curridabat, with special expertise in agricultural machinery in Guanacaste (sugarcane, rice), southern zone (palm, coffee, pineapple) and Limón (banana, pineapple). For industrial equipment in free zones or industrial parks in San José, Alajuela, and Cartago.