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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2004

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2004

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2004

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2004 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 5,953 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 8,003 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,679 products were exported to 130 countries and 4,298 products were imported from 166 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2004

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2004 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 2,646 million, with a partner share of 44.45 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 331 million, with a partner share of 5.56 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Guatemala worth US$ 273 million, with a partner share of 4.58 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Germany worth US$ 236 million, with a partner share of 3.96 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 220 million, with a partner share of 3.69 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2004 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 3,596 million, with a partner share of 44.94 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 484 million, with a partner share of 6.04 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 418 million, with a partner share of 5.22 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Brazil worth US$ 350 million, with a partner share of 4.38 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 328 million, with a partner share of 4.10 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2004

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 US$ 898,319.02 million.
  2. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth US$ 556,432.81 million.
  3. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth US$ 440,745.65 million.
  4. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth US$ 257,244.55 million.
  5. Costa Rica exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 202,509.11 million.

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 US$ 900,061.34 million.
  2. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 544,237.41 million.
  3. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 203,343.59 million.
  4. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 149,464.59 million.
  5. Costa Rica imported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth US$ 138,058.20 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2004

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2004 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2004

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2004 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 150 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 6.34 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.04 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,429,761.25 and duty free tariff line items share was 46.99 percent.

Development Indicators 2004

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2004 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 18,611 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,350.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -0.84.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -157.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 85.26 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 22.66 .

Trade Indicators 2004

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2004 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.11.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.59.
  • World Growth in percentage was 10.40 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 6.42 .