Costa Rica Trade Summary

1996 Data

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Costa Rica

Overall Exports and Imports

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Exports (in US$ Mil): 2,780
No. Of products: 2,229
No. Of partners: 115
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 3,561
No. Of products: 4,349
No. Of partners: 126

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Bananas, including p ...644,350.53
Coffee, not roasted ...384,098.88
Pineapples, fresh or ...68,932.79
Frozen shrimps and p ...58,162.06
Melons and watermelo ...48,505.62
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Automobiles with rec ...127,989.23
Petroleum oils and o ...101,370.57
Maize (excl. seed)90,491.22
Unbleached kraftline ...70,081.66
Other medicaments of ...65,094.74

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States1,027 36.93
Germany207 7.43
Italy150 5.41
Belgium-Luxembourg127 4.57
Guatemala123 4.44
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States1,651 46.37
Venezuela252 7.08
Mexico251 7.05
Japan146 4.09
Guatemala116 3.26

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials1,545 55.57 445 12.51 5.12
Intermediate goods359 12.93 1,000 28.10 6.23
Consumer goods737 26.51 1,098 30.84 14.06
Capital goods108 3.87 696 19.56 6.10

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.26
Index of export market penetration: 2.75
World Growth: 3.55
Country Growth: 4.85

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 2
Maximum Rate (%): 266
Simple Average (%): 11.67
Weighted Average (%): 9.04
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 0
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 0

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 11,678
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 3,220.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -4.03
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -471.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 20.13
Trade (% of GDP): 84.06