Costa Rica Trade Summary

2020 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): 11,623
No. Of products: 2,901
No. Of partners: 145
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 14,456
No. Of products: 4,036
No. Of partners: 191

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Needles, catheters, ...1,498,234.21
Instruments and appl ...1,313,108.01
Bananas, including p ...1,082,969.74
Pineapples, fresh or ...922,741.12
Other food preparati ...486,800.15
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...841,140.88
Other medicaments of ...496,828.25
Transmission apparat ...403,235.68
Other articles of pl ...242,842.50
Storage units, wheth ...212,495.07

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States5,055 43.49
Netherlands896 7.71
Belgium614 5.28
Guatemala596 5.13
Panama485 4.18
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States5,401 37.36
China2,091 14.46
Mexico977 6.76
Guatemala408 2.82
Germany383 2.65

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials3,143 27.04 926 6.41 3.86
Intermediate goods1,518 13.06 3,354 23.20 0.83
Consumer goods3,295 28.35 6,560 45.38 2.15
Capital goods3,666 31.55 3,616 25.01 0.56

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.13
Index of export market penetration: 3.86
World Growth: -3.77
Country Growth: 3.23

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 24
Maximum Rate (%): 150
Simple Average (%): 3.05
Weighted Average (%): 1.51
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 11,280,506.12
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 64.85

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 62,396
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 11,500.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 3.67
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 2,292.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 18.21
Trade (% of GDP): 60.14