📥 IMPORTS $27B+🇺🇸 USA 36.8%🇨🇳 China 13.1%🇲🇽 Mexico 7.3%
📤 EXPORTS $26B+🇺🇸 USA 47.8%🇳🇱 Netherlands 9.8%🩺 Medical ~48%
📥 Import Data
📤 Export Data
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Republic of Costa Rica Central America's Tech & Agri Hub

Costa Rica

Import & Export Trade Data

A highly sophisticated $53B+ trade economy anchored by global leadership in medical technology and premium tropical agriculture. From world-class medical instruments and integrated circuits to top-tier pineapples and coffee—access verified shipment-level data mapping Costa Rica's rapid tech transformation.

📥 Import Overview
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$25.1BTotal Imports 2025
🇺🇸
36.8%USA's Import Share
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~$2.2BMineral Fuels & Oil
📤 Export Overview
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$22.6BTotal Exports 2025
🇺🇸
47.8%USA's Export Share
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~48%Medical Devices Share
900K+Annual Records
150+Trade Partners
Free ZoneLeading Regime
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01
Advanced Manufacturing

Global Life Sciences Hub

Costa Rica is a global powerhouse in the Life Sciences sector. Medical devices—including catheters, heart valves, and precision surgical instruments—account for nearly half of the country's export value, primarily manufactured within its highly efficient Free Trade Zones.

02
Agri-Business Excellence

Pineapple & Coffee Giant

Beyond high-tech, Costa Rica maintains its agricultural heritage through innovation. It is the world's #1 exporter of fresh tropical pineapples and a premier supplier of high-altitude Arabica coffee, utilizing sustainable certifications to command global premiums.

03
Regime Dynamics

Free Trade Zone Performance

The "Zona Franca" (Free Trade Zone) regime drives over 70% of Costa Rica's export growth. Tracking shipment data from these specialized zones provides unmatched intelligence on re-export trends and foreign direct investment activity.

📥 Import GrowthUSD Billion · 2021–2025
YearVolumeValueGrowth
2021
$18.4BBase
2022
$21.1B+14.7%
2023
$22.5B+6.5%
2024
$23.7B+5.2%
2025
$25.1B+6.1%
📤 Export GrowthUSD Billion · 2021–2025
YearVolumeValueGrowth
2021
$14.3BBase
2022
$15.3B+6.8%
2023
$18.1B+18.2%
2024
$19.9B+9.8%
2025
$22.6B+13.8%
🌍 Partner Countries
Import Partners & Export Destinations

Costa Rica is deeply integrated with the United States market, while leveraging the Netherlands as its primary gateway to the European Union.

📥 Top Import Source Countries2025 · % of Total Imports
01🇺🇸USA
36.8%
02🇨🇳China
18.4%
03🇲🇽Mexico
6.0%
04🇩🇪Germany
2.8%
05🇬🇹Guatemala
2.5%
06🇯🇵Japan
2.1%
07🇧🇷Brazil
2.0%
08🇪🇸Spain
1.9%
📤 Top Export Destination Countries2025 · % of Total Exports
01🇺🇸USA
47.8%
02🇳🇱Netherlands
9.8%
03🇧🇪Belgium
4.8%
04🇬🇹Guatemala
4.6%
05🇳🇮Nicaragua
3.6%
06🇭🇳Honduras
3.0%
07🇵🇦Panama
2.7%
08🇸🇻El Salvador
2.4%
📥 Import Sources by Region
🌎 North America (USA, MX)
46.4%
🌏 Asia (China, Japan)
18.5%
🌍 Europe (Germany, Italy)
11.8%
🌎 Latin America & Others
23.3%
📤 Export Destinations by Region
🌎 North America (USA)
47.8%
🌍 Europe (NL, BE, ES)
22.4%
🌎 Central America (GUA, NI, PA)
18.1%
🌏 Asia & Rest of World
9.8%
📦 Trade Categories
Import & Export Industries

Costa Rica is an advanced trade node, importing raw energy and electronic components to fuel a massive medical technology and premium agricultural export engine.

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Mineral Fuels & Oils
HS 27

Costa Rica's leading import sector by a wide margin. Refined petroleum, gasoline, and diesel are essential to power the nation's logistics and transport infrastructure.

Refined PetroleumGasolineDiesel
~$2.2B
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Electrical Equipment & ICs
HS 85

Driven by the tech manufacturing sector, Costa Rica imports high volumes of integrated circuits, processors, and semiconductors for value-added assembly and re-export.

Integrated CircuitsProcessorsTelecom Gear
~$1.5B
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Vehicles & Transport
HS 87

With no domestic auto manufacturing, Costa Rica imports its entire fleet of passenger cars and commercial vehicles, primarily from Japan, Korea, and the United States.

Passenger CarsAuto PartsTrucks
~$1.3B
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Plastics & Articles
HS 39

Raw plastic materials and polymers are imported in bulk to support both the medical device industry (packaging/components) and the large agricultural sector.

PolymersPlastic SheetsContainers
~$1.3B
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Pharmaceutical Products
HS 30

High-value medical supplies and packaged medicines for human use are imported heavily from the US and Germany to sustain Costa Rica's advanced healthcare network.

MedicamentsVaccinesAntibiotics
~$850M
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Cereals & Foodstuffs
HS 10

Despite its tropical output, Costa Rica imports staple grains like corn, wheat, and rice, primarily from the US and Canada, to support domestic food production.

Corn / MaizeWheatRice
~$520M
Import Share
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Medical & Optical Apparatus
HS 90 · #1 Export

The absolute core of Costa Rica's economy. Medical, surgical, dental, or veterinary instruments generate nearly half of the country's export revenue, shipped predominantly to the United States.

Therapeutic GearSyringesCatheters
~48%Export Share
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Edible Fruits & Pineapples
HS 08

Costa Rica is the world's leading exporter of fresh tropical pineapples and a top supplier of fresh bananas to the US and Europe (specifically the Netherlands and Belgium).

Fresh PineapplesBananasMelons
~12%Export Share
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Miscellaneous Edible Preps
HS 21

A highly profitable, value-added sector. Includes the export of food concentrates, syrups, and beverage bases, primarily serving the regional Central American and US markets.

Food ConcentratesSyrups
~5%Export Share
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Electrical Machinery & ICs
HS 85

A cornerstone of the country's high-tech re-export model. High-value integrated circuits and semiconductors are processed and exported, leveraging specialized free zone ecosystems.

Integrated CircuitsPCBsProcessors
~4%Export Share
Coffee, Tea & Spices
HS 09

World-famous Costa Rican Arabica coffee. This category is the fastest grower among top exports, with high-altitude roasted and unroasted beans shipped extensively to global roasters.

Green CoffeeRoasted BeansVanilla
~2%Export Share
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Pharmaceuticals
HS 30

Costa Rica has become a regional manufacturing base for life sciences, exporting packaged medicaments and vaccines to Central and South American neighboring markets.

MedicamentsVaccinesPharma Goods
~2%Export Share
📋 Data Fields
Every Record. Every Detail.

Sourced directly from details filled by importers and exporters at the time of import/export, providing ultimate transparency into Central America's premier high-tech hub.

📥 Import Record FieldsFields in each inbound record
01
Importer Name
Nameof the entity in Costa Rica
Buyer Intel
02
Overseas Supplier
Name and country of the foreign manufacturer/exporter
Supplier
03
HS Code
National tariff classification (up to 8-digit)
Category
04
Product Description
Detailed declaration text describing the cargo
Product
05
Quantity & Unit
Gross/Net weight (kg/MT) and unit measurement
Volume
06
Declared Value
CIF and FOB values calculated in USD
Value
07
Customs Office
Point of entry: Santamaría (Air), Limon/Moin (Sea), Peñas Blancas
Port
08
Country of Origin
The specific nation where goods were manufactured
Origin
09
Clearance Date
Date the shipment
Timeline
📤 Export Record FieldsFields in each outbound record
01
Exporter Name
Nameof the CR firm
Seller Intel
02
Consignee/Buyer
Name and location of the foreign purchaser
Buyer
03
HS Code
National tariff classification (up to 8-digit)
Category
04
Product Description
Detailed text (e.g., "Instrumentos medicos", "Piñas frescas")
Product
05
Quantity & Unit
Massive scale measurements in kg, MT, or TEUs
Volume
06
Declared Value
FOB value of the commodity in USD
Value
07
Port of Exit
Santamaría Air (dominant for tech), Moin/Limon (Sea)
Port
08
Destination Market
The final intended country for the commodities
Market
09
Departure Date
Date the shipment
Timeline
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Verified DataSourced directly from third party data sources.
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High-Value Air IntelDeep visibility into Santamaría, handling over 60% of high-tech export value.
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Enterprise FormattingCleaned, structured CSV and Excel files ready for immediate analytical ingestion.
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📤 Export Dataset
Costa Rica Export Data — $26B+ Market

Monitor the colossal flow of medical devices to the US · Track premium pineapples to Europe · Identify buyers of roasted coffee.

Exporter names Foreign buyer directory Detailed HS code tracking FOB pricing & tonnage data Air vs. Sea freight metrics
🔍 Market Intelligence
Why Costa Rica Trade Data Matters

Costa Rica is the primary medical device and high-tech anchor of Central America. Tracking its ports provides a macro-level indicator of North American health supply chains and global agricultural supply.

📤 Export
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Medical Technology Arbitrage

With medical devices representing nearly half of total exports, tracking shipment data from Costa Rica is mandatory for global health hardware firms. Identify specific supply bottlenecks, track real-time pricing for surgical instruments, and map the supply lines feeding US hospitals.

~48%
Medical Share of Total Exports
📥📤 Both
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Free Zone Hub Intelligence

Costa Rica's Free Trade Zones are the engines of its economy. Analyzing the flow of components (integrated circuits) entering these zones and the finished devices leaving provides the ultimate blueprint for the health of regional high-tech manufacturing.

70%+
Export Growth from Free Zones
📤 Export
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Agricultural Volume Monitoring

As the world's #1 fresh pineapple exporter, Costa Rican data dictates global tropical fruit pricing. Commodities traders and supermarkets use shipment data to track exact volumes and seasonal shifts to secure their global fruit supply chains.

#1
Global Fresh Pineapple Exporter
📥 Import
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Energy Market Analytics

To maintain its industrial and logistics dominance, Costa Rica must import billions in refined fuels. Tracking inbound diesel and gasoline shipments provides energy suppliers direct intelligence on regional fuel demand and national grid dependencies.

~$2.2B
Annual Fuel Import Value
Key Insight
Unlocking the High-Tech Anchor of Central America

Costa Rica's economy is defined by high-value precision and global connectivity. By accessing shipment-level data, you gain the exact transactional reality of the medical, tech, and agricultural supply chains that power global high-income markets.

$53B+Trade Volume
900K+Annual Records
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