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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2006

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2006

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2006

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2006 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 7,255 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 11,070 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,730 products were exported to 129 countries and 4,288 products were imported from 183 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2006

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2006 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 3,080 million, with a partner share of 42.46 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to China worth US$ 557 million, with a partner share of 7.68 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 524 million, with a partner share of 7.22 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 504 million, with a partner share of 6.95 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Panama worth US$ 251 million, with a partner share of 3.46 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2006 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 4,386 million, with a partner share of 39.62 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 587 million, with a partner share of 5.30 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 582 million, with a partner share of 5.26 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 581 million, with a partner share of 5.25 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from China worth US$ 551 million, with a partner share of 4.97 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2006

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 1,121,977.13 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 645,152.01 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 633,297.36 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 454,007.80 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 434,617.31 (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 1,625,183.64 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 941,642.61 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Printed circuits , worth 299,364.42 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 295,140.19 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 245,798.24 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2006

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2006 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2006

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2006 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 151 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 6.14 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.32 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,713,139.70 and duty free tariff line items share was 21.71 percent.

Development Indicators 2006

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2006 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 22,716 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 5,020.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.19.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -724.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 89.81 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 23.13 .

Trade Indicators 2006

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2006 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.11.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.76.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.66 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 7.14 .