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Costa Rica Trade Summary

1997

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 1997

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 1997

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 1997 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 3,893 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 4,511 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,533 products were exported to 113 countries and 4,372 products were imported from 108 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 1997

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 1997 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 1,894 million, with a partner share of 48.66 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Germany worth US$ 186 million, with a partner share of 4.79 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Guatemala worth US$ 150 million, with a partner share of 3.87 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Italy worth US$ 124 million, with a partner share of 3.19 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Panama worth US$ 118 million, with a partner share of 3.03 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 1997 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 2,135 million, with a partner share of 47.34 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 284 million, with a partner share of 6.31 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 280 million, with a partner share of 6.21 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 240 million, with a partner share of 5.32 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Guatemala worth US$ 132 million, with a partner share of 2.94 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1997

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 US$ 606,854.34 million.
  2. Costa Rica exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth US$ 417,081.47 million.
  3. Costa Rica exported Parts of electrical apparatus for line telephon , worth US$ 112,861.61 million.
  4. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth US$ 102,847.75 million.
  5. Costa Rica exported Frozen shrimps and prawns , worth US$ 76,733.66 million.

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

  1. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 227,893.23 million.
  2. Costa Rica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 160,675.98 million.
  3. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 85,510.47 million.
  4. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 72,573.31 million.
  5. Costa Rica imported Unbleached kraftliner, uncoated, in rolls or sh , worth US$ 63,663.28 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1997

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1997 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1997

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 1997 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 262 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.08 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.53 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 497,419.48 and duty free tariff line items share was 13.60 percent.

Development Indicators 1997

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 1997 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 12,615 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,330.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -4.40.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -554.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 87.61 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 19.09 .

Trade Indicators 1997

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 1997 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.29.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.82.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.05 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 6.17 .