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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2003

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2003

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2003

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2003 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 5,800 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 7,388 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,626 products were exported to 129 countries and 4,293 products were imported from 151 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2003

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2003 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 2,733 million, with a partner share of 47.12 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 359 million, with a partner share of 6.19 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Guatemala worth US$ 253 million, with a partner share of 4.37 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Malaysia worth US$ 206 million, with a partner share of 3.56 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 186 million, with a partner share of 3.21 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2003 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 3,680 million, with a partner share of 49.80 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 379 million, with a partner share of 5.13 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 308 million, with a partner share of 4.17 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 259 million, with a partner share of 3.50 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Colombia worth US$ 211 million, with a partner share of 2.86 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2003

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 1,372,425.70 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 562,554.62 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 436,001.48 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 198,889.28 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 193,637.24 (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 893,488.24 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 414,269.63 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 185,335.32 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Monolithic integrated circuits, nes , worth 149,737.17 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 118,677.65 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2003

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2003 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2003

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2003 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 151 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 6.18 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.44 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 2,439,741.39 and duty free tariff line items share was 20.47 percent.

Development Indicators 2003

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2003 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 17,272 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,000.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.98.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -343.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 83.33 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 21.69 .

Trade Indicators 2003

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2003 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.52.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.11 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 17.23 .