Costa Rica Trade Summary

1997 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): 3,893
No. Of products: 2,533
No. Of partners: 113
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 4,511
No. Of products: 4,372
No. Of partners: 108

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Bananas, including p ...606,854.34
Coffee, not roasted ...417,081.47
Parts of electrical ...112,861.61
Pineapples, fresh or ...102,847.75
Frozen shrimps and p ...76,733.66
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...227,893.23
Automobiles with rec ...160,675.98
Petroleum oils and o ...85,510.47
Other medicaments of ...72,573.31
Unbleached kraftline ...63,663.28

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States1,894 48.66
Germany186 4.79
Guatemala150 3.87
Italy124 3.19
Panama118 3.03
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States2,135 47.34
Venezuela284 6.31
Mexico280 6.21
Japan240 5.32
Guatemala132 2.94

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials1,649 42.37 381 8.46 5.02
Intermediate goods405 10.39 1,268 28.11 4.05
Consumer goods1,405 36.10 1,784 39.54 11.98
Capital goods419 10.76 1,077 23.87 5.10

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.29
Index of export market penetration: 2.82
World Growth: 3.05
Country Growth: 6.17

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 7
Maximum Rate (%): 262
Simple Average (%): 8.08
Weighted Average (%): 7.53
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 497,419.48
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 13.60

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 12,615
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 3,330.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -4.40
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -554.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 19.09
Trade (% of GDP): 87.61