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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2014

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2014

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2014

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2014 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 11,243 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 17,185 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,960 products were exported to 157 countries and 4,092 products were imported from 195 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2014

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2014 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 4,309 million, with a partner share of 38.32 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 696 million, with a partner share of 6.19 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Panama worth US$ 593 million, with a partner share of 5.28 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 498 million, with a partner share of 4.43 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Guatemala worth US$ 465 million, with a partner share of 4.14 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2014 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 7,633 million, with a partner share of 44.42 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from China worth US$ 1,716 million, with a partner share of 9.98 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 1,147 million, with a partner share of 6.68 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 475 million, with a partner share of 2.77 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Unspecified worth US$ 461 million, with a partner share of 2.68 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2014

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 1,652,636.98 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 907,682.87 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 889,148.14 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 730,016.45 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica exported Instruments and appliances used in medical or v , worth 630,449.29 (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 2,070,787.06 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Costa Rica imported Monolithic integrated circuits, nes , worth 862,797.96 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 431,929.61 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Costa Rica imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 360,037.19 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Costa Rica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 320,686.42 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2014

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2014 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2014

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2014 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 150 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.19 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.73 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 10,194,673.76 and duty free tariff line items share was 59.75 percent.

Development Indicators 2014

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2014 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 52,016 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 10,250.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.47.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,282.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 65.19 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.60 .

Trade Indicators 2014

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2014 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.12.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.91.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.08 and Costa Rica Country Growth was -4.22 .