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Costa Rica Trade

Latest trade data available from various sources.
Costa Rica monthly trade data

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Costa Rica

Overall Exports and Imports for Costa Rica 2022

  • The total value of exports (FOB) is US$ 15,320 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) is US$ 21,140 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,892 products are exported to 156 countries and 4,028 products are imported from 209 countries.

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level 2022

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

  • Costa Rica exported Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, nes , worth 1,996,182.83 (US$ Thousands).
  • Costa Rica exported Instruments and appliances used in medical or v , worth 1,894,263.24 (US$ Thousands).
  • Costa Rica exported Artificial parts of the body, nes , worth 1,052,322.19 (US$ Thousands).
  • Costa Rica exported Pineapples, fresh or dried , worth 1,038,282.41 (US$ Thousands).
  • Costa Rica exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 1,018,065.41 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Costa Rica along with trade value are

  • Costa Rica imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 2,481,387.91 (US$ Thousands).
  • Costa Rica imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 607,515.82 (US$ Thousands).
  • Costa Rica imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 561,794.39 (US$ Thousands).
  • Costa Rica imported Other articles of plastics, nes , worth 324,702.83 (US$ Thousands).
  • Costa Rica imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 292,031.02 (US$ Thousands).

Costa Rica top 5 Export and Import partners 2022

The top five countries to which Costa Rica exported 2022 along with the partner share in percentage are:

  1. Costa Rica exports to United States worth US$ 6,704 million, with a partner share of 43.76 percent.
  2. Costa Rica exports to Netherlands worth US$ 1,183 million, with a partner share of 7.72 percent.
  3. Costa Rica exports to Guatemala worth US$ 815 million, with a partner share of 5.32 percent.
  4. Costa Rica exports to Belgium worth US$ 792 million, with a partner share of 5.17 percent.
  5. Costa Rica exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 593 million, with a partner share of 3.87 percent.

The top five countries to which Costa Rica imported goods 2022 along with the share in percentage are

  1. Costa Rica imports from United States worth US$ 8,199 million, with a partner share of 38.78 percent.
  2. Costa Rica imports from China worth US$ 3,186 million, with a partner share of 15.07 percent.
  3. Costa Rica imports from Mexico worth US$ 1,318 million, with a partner share of 6.24 percent.
  4. Costa Rica imports from Guatemala worth US$ 570 million, with a partner share of 2.70 percent.
  5. Costa Rica imports from Brazil worth US$ 547 million, with a partner share of 2.59 percent.

Costa Rica Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2022

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2022 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import.


Tariff and Trade Barriers

Tariffs 2022

Tariffs imposed by Costa Rica in 2022 are below.

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product is 150.
  • The simple average tariff across all products is 2.63.
  • The trade weighted average tariff is 1.36.
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars are 13,871,022.25 and duty free tariff line items share is 75.08.

Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) 2009

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  • Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - Applied Tariff for the year 2009 is 0.02.
  • Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - MFN Tariff for the year 2009 is 0.03.

Non-Tariff Measures (NTM)

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  • No Of NTM Measures is 1.
  • No Of NTM Affected Products (HS 6 Digit) is 1.

Temporary Trade Barriers Database (TTDB) 2013.

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  • Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Simple Average for the year 2013 is 0.
  • Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Weighted Average for the year 2013 is 0.

Costa Rica World Development Indicators (WDI) 2022

Key Development Indicators of Costa Rica in 2022 are below

WDI

Costa Rica Doing Business 2019

  • The ease of doing business rank for Costa Rica is 74.
  • The trade across border rank is 80.
Doing Business

Costa Rica Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA),

  • The CPIA Trade Ratings for is not available.
CPIA

Costa RicaLogistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016

  • The LPI score for Costa Rica in 2016 is 2.65.
  • The LPI rank is 89.
LPI

Costa Rica Services Service Policy Restrictive Database (SPRD)

  • Services Trade Restrictions Index (Over All) for Costa Rica is 29.30.
SPRD