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Costa Rica: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

72 / 138

Importer Rank

76 / 138

Trade Balance Rank

89 / 138

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2021) $14,345,395,565
Total Imports (2021) $18,428,113,840
Trade Balance (2021) ($4,082,718,275)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2021) [2] 36.13%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2021) [2] 34.47%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
United States $6,269,772,002
Netherlands $1,036,715,625
Belgium $748,487,403
Guatemala $701,070,047
Panama $582,801,717
Nicaragua $579,914,529
Honduras $478,310,581
El Salvador $366,919,379
Mexico $355,288,322
Dominican Republic $313,840,262

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $6,957,320,955
China $2,937,920,958
Mexico $1,183,216,303
Guatemala $500,399,065
Germany $417,410,355
Brazil $408,688,875
Japan $369,048,058
Spain $353,552,382
Colombia $342,334,578
Chile $274,167,841

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(90) Precision Instruments $5,183,763,962
(08) Fruit & Nuts $2,317,070,169
(21) Prepared Foods $780,545,818
(85) Electrical Machinery $614,985,077
(39) Plastics $446,929,778
(20) Preserved Fruits & Vegetables $412,731,637
(09) Coffee & Spices $341,218,041
(30) Pharmaceuticals $317,552,136
(15) Fats & Oils $300,900,892
(72) Iron & Steel $295,582,014

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(85) Electrical Machinery $1,723,705,600
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $1,706,346,926
(84) Industrial Machinery $1,586,300,894
(39) Plastics $1,571,532,647
(90) Precision Instruments $980,233,919
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $954,648,597
(72) Iron & Steel $912,564,084
(30) Pharmaceuticals $905,026,950
(48) Paper $732,613,692
(10) Cereals $490,249,109

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2021) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 2/18/2023
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