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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2005

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2005

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2005

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2005 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 7,151 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 9,173 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,714 products were exported to 139 countries and 4,314 products were imported from 162 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2005

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2005 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 3,060 million, with a partner share of 42.80 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 483 million, with a partner share of 6.75 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 450 million, with a partner share of 6.30 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Guatemala worth US$ 284 million, with a partner share of 3.96 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 275 million, with a partner share of 3.85 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2005 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 3,767 million, with a partner share of 41.07 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 532 million, with a partner share of 5.80 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 457 million, with a partner share of 4.98 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 430 million, with a partner share of 4.68 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Ireland worth US$ 428 million, with a partner share of 4.66 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2005

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

  1. Costa Rica exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 720,984.31 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 678,188.09 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 489,963.80 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 401,153.09 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 328,732.39 (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 1,370,335.58 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 731,623.04 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 221,766.67 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 204,960.20 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 138,663.23 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2005

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2005 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2005

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2005 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 150 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 6.98 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.14 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,853,858.72 and duty free tariff line items share was 42.06 percent.

Development Indicators 2005

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2005 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 20,041 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,610.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.29.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -460.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 89.22 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 23.50 .

Trade Indicators 2005

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2005 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.11.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.70.
  • World Growth in percentage was 6.13 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 4.14 .