Costa Rica Trade Summary

2011 Data

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Costa Rica

Overall Exports and Imports

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Exports (in US$ Mil): 10,222
No. Of products: 2,989
No. Of partners: 145
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Imports (in US$ Mil): 18,264
No. Of products: 4,114
No. Of partners: 189

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Monolithic integrate ...1,885,561.29
Bananas, including p ...722,129.34
Pineapples, fresh or ...718,724.55
Needles, catheters, ...540,669.84
Coffee, not roasted ...375,867.38
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...1,991,229.32
Monolithic integrate ...1,255,242.39
Printed circuits604,518.44
Other medicaments of ...380,522.96
Automobiles with rec ...354,545.19

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States3,911 38.26
Netherlands686 6.71
Panama560 5.48
Hong Kong, China517 5.06
Nicaragua456 4.46
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States8,322 45.56
China1,528 8.37
Mexico1,221 6.68
Japan689 3.77
Colombia656 3.59

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials2,612 25.55 1,075 5.88 2.56
Intermediate goods1,278 12.51 3,681 20.16 1.20
Consumer goods2,955 28.90 7,318 40.07 3.28
Capital goods3,377 33.04 6,190 33.89 1.13

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.15
Index of export market penetration: 3.99
World Growth: 9.25
Country Growth: 8.22

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 12
Maximum Rate (%): 150
Simple Average (%): 4.54
Weighted Average (%): 2.13
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 11,182,258.07
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 60.61

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 42,763
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 8,020.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -3.69
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -1,580.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 18.08
Trade (% of GDP): 68.64