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Costa Rica Trade Summary

2015

Costa Rica exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR COSTA RICA 2015

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2015

Exports and imports of Costa Rica in 2015 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 9,578 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 15,504 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,960 products were exported to 150 countries and 4,094 products were imported from 197 countries.

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2015

Top five countries to which Costa Rica exported in 2015 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 3,904 million, with a partner share of 40.76 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Panama worth US$ 559 million, with a partner share of 5.83 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Guatemala worth US$ 524 million, with a partner share of 5.47 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 523 million, with a partner share of 5.46 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 440 million, with a partner share of 4.59 percent.

Top five countries from which Costa Rica imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 6,164 million, with a partner share of 39.76 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from China worth US$ 1,948 million, with a partner share of 12.56 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 1,153 million, with a partner share of 7.44 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Japan worth US$ 419 million, with a partner share of 2.70 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Guatemala worth US$ 399 million, with a partner share of 2.57 percent.

Costa Rica Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2015

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Costa Rica along with trade value are:

  1. Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth US$ 851,668.56 million.
  2. Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth US$ 835,264.21 million.
  3. Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth US$ 821,873.21 million.
  4. Costa Rica exported Instruments and appliances used in medical or v , worth US$ 679,272.58 million.
  5. Costa Rica exported Other food preparations, nes , worth US$ 401,657.49 million.

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 US$ 1,236,567.83 million.
  2. Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 442,497.11 million.
  3. Costa Rica imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 376,434.43 million.
  4. Costa Rica imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 370,628.07 million.
  5. Costa Rica imported Cargo containers designed to be carried by one , worth US$ 196,819.21 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2015

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2015 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2015

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2015 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 2015

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2015 are below

  • Costa Rica GDP in current US dollar was 56,442 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 10,610.00 .
  • Costa Rica Trade balance: as % of GDP was -0.76.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -430.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 60.75 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 19.10 .

Trade Indicators 2015

Trade Indicators for Costa Rica in 2015 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.86.
  • World Growth in percentage was -6.30 and Costa Rica Country Growth was -35.99 .