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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2011

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2011

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2011

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2011 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 10,222 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 18,264 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,989 products were exported to 145 countries and 4,114 products were imported from 189 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2011

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2011 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 3,911 million, with a partner share of 38.26 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 686 million, with a partner share of 6.71 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Panama worth US$ 560 million, with a partner share of 5.48 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 517 million, with a partner share of 5.06 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 456 million, with a partner share of 4.46 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2011 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 8,322 million, with a partner share of 45.56 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from China worth US$ 1,528 million, with a partner share of 8.37 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 1,221 million, with a partner share of 6.68 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 689 million, with a partner share of 3.77 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Colombia worth US$ 656 million, with a partner share of 3.59 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2011

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 1,885,561.29 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 722,129.34 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 718,724.55 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 540,669.84 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 375,867.38 (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 1,991,229.32 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 1,255,242.39 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Printed circuits , worth 604,518.44 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 380,522.96 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 354,545.19 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2011

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2011 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2011

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2011 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 150 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.54 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.13 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 11,182,258.07 and duty free tariff line items share was 60.61 percent.

Development Indicators 2011

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2011 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 42,763 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 8,020.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.69.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,580.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 68.64 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.08 .

Trade Indicators 2011

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2011 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.15.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.99.
  • World Growth in percentage was 9.25 and Costa Rica Country Growth was 8.22 .