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Costa Rica Trade Summary

1996

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 1996

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 1996

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 1996 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,780 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,561 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,229 products were exported to 115 countries and 4,349 products were imported from 126 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 1996

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 1996 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 1,027 million, with a partner share of 36.93 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Germany worth US$ 207 million, with a partner share of 7.43 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Italy worth US$ 150 million, with a partner share of 5.41 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Belgium-Luxembourg worth US$ 127 million, with a partner share of 4.57 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Guatemala worth US$ 123 million, with a partner share of 4.44 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 1996 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 1,651 million, with a partner share of 46.37 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 252 million, with a partner share of 7.08 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 251 million, with a partner share of 7.05 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 146 million, with a partner share of 4.09 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Guatemala worth US$ 116 million, with a partner share of 3.26 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1996

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Costa Rica along with trade value are:

  1. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 644,350.53 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 384,098.88 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 68,932.79 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Frozen shrimps and prawns , worth 58,162.06 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Melons and watermelons, fresh , worth 48,505.62 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Costa Rica along with trade value are

  1. Costa Rica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 127,989.23 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 101,370.57 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 90,491.22 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Unbleached kraftliner, uncoated, in rolls or sh , worth 70,081.66 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 65,094.74 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1996

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1996 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1996

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 1996 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 266 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.67 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.04 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 0 and duty free tariff line items share was 0 percent.

Development Indicators 1996

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 1996 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 11,678 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,220.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -4.03.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -471.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 84.06 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 20.13 .

Trade Indicators 1996

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 1996 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.26.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.75.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.55 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 4.85 .