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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2013

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2013

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2013

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2013 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 11,472 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 18,124 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,997 products were exported to 159 countries and 4,119 products were imported from 202 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2013

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2013 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 4,391 million, with a partner share of 38.27 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 830 million, with a partner share of 7.23 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 648 million, with a partner share of 5.65 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Panama worth US$ 580 million, with a partner share of 5.06 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 498 million, with a partner share of 4.34 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2013 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 9,063 million, with a partner share of 50.00 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from China worth US$ 1,748 million, with a partner share of 9.65 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 1,155 million, with a partner share of 6.37 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 526 million, with a partner share of 2.90 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Guatemala worth US$ 387 million, with a partner share of 2.14 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2013

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, nes , worth 2,394,931.36 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 831,365.03 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 780,183.31 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 618,606.17 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Instruments and appliances used in medical or v , worth 454,776.14 (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 2,154,626.02 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Monolithic integrated circuits, nes , worth 1,614,603.09 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Printed circuits , worth 517,295.59 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 397,730.65 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 371,720.62 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2013

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2013 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2013

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2013 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 150 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.34 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.80 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 11,153,926.51 and duty free tariff line items share was 61.11 percent.

Development Indicators 2013

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2013 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 50,950 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 9,840.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.88.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,469.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 64.07 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.32 .

Trade Indicators 2013

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2013 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.15.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.89.
  • World Growth in percentage was 1.19 and Costa Rica Country Growth was -0.09 .