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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2008

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2008

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 9,745 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 15,289 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,753 products were exported to 147 countries and 4,106 products were imported from 190 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 3,725 million, with a partner share of 38.23 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to China worth US$ 613 million, with a partner share of 6.29 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 492 million, with a partner share of 5.05 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 399 million, with a partner share of 4.10 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 391 million, with a partner share of 4.01 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 5,846 million, with a partner share of 38.24 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 941 million, with a partner share of 6.16 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from China worth US$ 865 million, with a partner share of 5.66 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 823 million, with a partner share of 5.38 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Venezuela worth US$ 692 million, with a partner share of 4.53 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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 1,048,127.47 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 1,041,555.54 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 711,664.27 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 574,921.11 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 465,071.03 (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 Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 1,594,170.84 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 1,452,385.97 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 505,934.09 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Printed circuits , worth 406,407.51 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 398,012.22 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 151 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 5.90 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.31 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,154,492.48 and duty free tariff line items share was 21.77 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2008 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 30,802 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,350.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.79.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,707.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 86.40 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 21.01 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.71.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 2.28 .