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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2002

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2002

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2002

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2002 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,950 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 6,894 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,521 products were exported to 121 countries and 4,316 products were imported from 139 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2002

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2002 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 2,510 million, with a partner share of 50.70 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 315 million, with a partner share of 6.36 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Guatemala worth US$ 233 million, with a partner share of 4.71 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 164 million, with a partner share of 3.32 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Honduras worth US$ 150 million, with a partner share of 3.03 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2002 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 3,590 million, with a partner share of 52.07 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 368 million, with a partner share of 5.34 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 296 million, with a partner share of 4.30 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 288 million, with a partner share of 4.18 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Brazil worth US$ 163 million, with a partner share of 2.36 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2002

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

  1. Costa Rica exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 897,784.47 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 478,728.76 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 335,701.58 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 166,270.92 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 161,113.97 (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 Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 741,693.27 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 346,702.17 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 174,773.23 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 156,206.33 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 132,692.48 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2002

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2002 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2002

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2002 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 150 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.03 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.23 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,981,777.30 and duty free tariff line items share was 41.51 percent.

Development Indicators 2002

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2002 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 16,579 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,750.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.96.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -326.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 80.41 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 20.82 .

Trade Indicators 2002

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2002 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.20.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.43.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.38 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 11.59 .