Costa Rica Trade Summary

2021 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): 14,345
No. Of products: 2,947
No. Of partners: 149
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 18,428
No. Of products: 4,046
No. Of partners: 201

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Needles, catheters, ...1,992,649.98
Instruments and appl ...1,774,079.06
Bananas, including p ...1,075,236.90
Pineapples, fresh or ...1,041,214.91
Artificial parts of ...722,918.81
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...1,529,775.38
Other medicaments of ...534,585.31
Transmission apparat ...442,060.33
Maize (excl. seed)313,970.58
Other articles of pl ...236,880.33

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States6,270 43.71
Netherlands1,037 7.23
Belgium748 5.22
Guatemala701 4.89
Panama583 4.06
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States6,957 37.75
China2,938 15.94
Mexico1,183 6.42
Guatemala500 2.72
Germany417 2.27

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials3,536 24.65 1,224 6.64 3.64
Intermediate goods2,243 15.64 4,708 25.55 0.85
Consumer goods3,713 25.88 8,332 45.21 2.13
Capital goods4,853 33.83 4,164 22.60 0.39

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.12
Index of export market penetration: 4.26
World Growth: 12.50
Country Growth: 15.62

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 25
Maximum Rate (%): 150
Simple Average (%): 2.77
Weighted Average (%): 1.43
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 10,589,986.66
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 66.08

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 64,616
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 12,340.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 1.65
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 1,066.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 20.79
Trade (% of GDP): 71.89