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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2007

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2007

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2007

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2007 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 8,928 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 12,758 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,638 products were exported to 145 countries and 4,112 products were imported from 178 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2007

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2007 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 3,270 million, with a partner share of 36.62 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to China worth US$ 835 million, with a partner share of 9.35 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 563 million, with a partner share of 6.30 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 465 million, with a partner share of 5.20 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Guatemala worth US$ 335 million, with a partner share of 3.75 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2007 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 4,903 million, with a partner share of 38.43 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from China worth US$ 758 million, with a partner share of 5.94 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 735 million, with a partner share of 5.76 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 732 million, with a partner share of 5.73 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 623 million, with a partner share of 4.88 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2007

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 1,305,194.06 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 1,017,710.97 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 688,597.28 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 488,268.91 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 486,860.27 (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 1,193,059.49 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 1,078,716.92 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Printed circuits , worth 427,639.99 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 350,441.79 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 331,400.40 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2007

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2007 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2007

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2007 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 150 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 6.04 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.76 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,821,789.63 and duty free tariff line items share was 49.92 percent.

Development Indicators 2007

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2007 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 26,885 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 5,630.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -5.29.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,423.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 86.46 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 22.52 .

Trade Indicators 2007

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2007 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.10.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.81.
  • World Growth in percentage was 183.19 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 6.09 .