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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2010

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2010

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2010

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2010 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 9,045 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 13,920 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,907 products were exported to 148 countries and 4,120 products were imported from 187 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2010

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2010 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 3,385 million, with a partner share of 37.42 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 634 million, with a partner share of 7.01 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 438 million, with a partner share of 4.84 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Panama worth US$ 430 million, with a partner share of 4.76 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 379 million, with a partner share of 4.19 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2010 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 6,512 million, with a partner share of 46.78 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from China worth US$ 991 million, with a partner share of 7.12 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 896 million, with a partner share of 6.43 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 499 million, with a partner share of 3.59 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Colombia worth US$ 499 million, with a partner share of 3.59 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2010

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 926,648.51 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 810,292.97 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 702,009.18 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 677,392.26 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 526,833.16 (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 1,291,647.69 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 1,153,046.23 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Printed circuits , worth 406,771.73 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 402,462.26 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 300,812.62 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2010

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2010 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2010

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2010 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 150 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.53 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.07 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 8,624,213.28 and duty free tariff line items share was 60.05 percent.

Development Indicators 2010

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2010 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 37,659 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 7,190.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.85.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -698.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 67.51 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.35 .

Trade Indicators 2010

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2010 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.15.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.96.
  • World Growth in percentage was 10.04 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 16.19 .