Exports in Costa Rica increased to 8918.84 USD Million in May from 6956.44 USD Million in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Costa Rica Exports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In 2023, the main exported product from Costa Rica was medical equipment; including surgery, odontology, and veterinary instruments and devices. The total value of these exports was nearly 5.7 billion U.S. dollars. Orthopedic items and equipment, prosthetics, and implants made up the second most exported category, with a value of around 1.6 billion dollars. On the other hand, Costa Rica's most imported products include petroleum and passenger vehicles.

Costa Rica's total Exports in 2023 were valued at US$18.11 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Costa Rica's main export partners were: the United States, the Netherlands and Guatemala. The top three export commodities were: Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus; Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons and Miscellaneous edible preparations. Total Imports were valued at US$22.51 Billion. In 2023, Costa Rica had a trade deficit of US$4.41 Billion.

In 2023, Costa Rica exported around **** billion U.S. dollars' worth of goods worldwide. The United States led the list of destination countries for those Costa Rican exports, with an export value of more than *** billion U.S. dollars. The Netherlands ranked second, having received Costa Rican goods worth around *** billion U.S. dollars. Costa Rica's most exported products include medical equipment, as well as prosthetics and implants.

Costa Rica Exports to United States was US$8.34 Billion during 2023, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Costa Rica Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

In 2019, exports of banana accounted for 36 percent of the total agricultural exports from Costa Rica. In that year, other products such as pineapple, green coffee and cassava were also widely exported by the Central American country.

Imports in Costa Rica increased to 10208.82 USD Million in May from 8108.05 USD Million in April of 2025. This dataset provides - Costa Rica Imports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2023, the main imported product in Costa Rica was petroleum, with a total import value of approximately **** billion U.S. dollars. The second most imported category was passenger vehicles, representing an import value of just over * billion dollars. The United States was one of the main countries of origin of Costa Rican imports that year.

This statistic shows the leading beauty and personal care products exported from Costa Rica in 2017, by share of exports volume. That year, the exports of hair preparations from Costa Rica accounted for ** percent of the total exports of such products.

In 2022, the United States was Costa Rica's most important trade partner. In that year, Costa Rica traded goods worth approximately **** billion U.S. dollars with the United States, from which *** billion dollars accounted for exported goods, and *** billion dollars for imported merchandise. Meanwhile, this Central American country traded a total of *** billion U.S. dollars with Netherlands, from which ** percent accounted for exports.

Costa Rica CR: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data was reported at 34.715 USD bn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 29.815 USD bn for 2022. Costa Rica CR: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 6.711 USD bn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2023, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34.715 USD bn in 2023 and a record low of 969.100 USD mn in 1977. Costa Rica CR: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Gap-filled total;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data was reported at 64.169 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 61.396 % for 2022. Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data is updated yearly, averaging 42.931 % from Dec 1965 (Median) to 2023, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 67.949 % in 1999 and a record low of 14.590 % in 1965. Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).;World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.;Weighted average;Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

This statistic shows the most important export partner countries for Costa Rica in 2023. In 2023, the most important export partner of Costa Rica was the United States, with a share of 40 percent in exports.

Key information about Costa Rica Exports: Telecommunication Equipment

• Costa Rica Exports: Telecommunication Equipment was reported at 20,690.837 USD th in Dec 2023
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 29,654.236 USD th for Dec 2022
• Costa Rica Exports: Telecommunication Equipment data is updated yearly, averaging 25,422.128 USD th from Dec 1995 to 2023, with 29 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 125,170.133 USD th in 2005 and a record low of 4,517.013 USD th in 1995
• Costa Rica Exports: Telecommunication Equipment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Electronic Sector – Table RF.UNCTAD.TE: Telecommunication Equipment: Export Value

This statistic shows Costa Rica's main export partners for footwear products in 2023, by export value. In 2023, Panama was the largest trade partner for Costa Rican footwear products, with an export value of approximately 314 thousand U.S. dollars, followed by Nicaragua, with an export value of 178 thousand U.S. dollars. El Salvador ranked third, with the export value amounting to about 97 thousand U.S. dollars.

In 2023, the exports of primary products as a share of total exports in Costa Rica amounted to approximately 35.90 percent. Between 1965 and 2023, the figure dropped by around 49.52 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: Residual data was reported at 0.076 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.046 % for 2022. Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: Residual data is updated yearly, averaging 0.322 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.554 % in 1977 and a record low of 0.000 % in 1965. Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Total Goods Exports: Residual data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.;World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.;Weighted average;

Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Ores & Metals data was reported at 1.509 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.451 % for 2022. Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Ores & Metals data is updated yearly, averaging 0.785 % from Dec 1965 (Median) to 2023, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.332 % in 2012 and a record low of 0.035 % in 1972. Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Ores & Metals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).;World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.;Weighted average;Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Key information about Costa Rica Aluminum Exports

• Costa Rica Aluminum Exports was reported at 21,938.533 USD th in Dec 2023
• This records an increase from the previous number of 14,670.313 USD th for Dec 2022
• Costa Rica Aluminum Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 24,656.830 USD th from Dec 1995 to 2023, with 29 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 49,156.159 USD th in 2006 and a record low of 14,670.313 USD th in 2022
• Costa Rica Aluminum Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Metal and Mining Sector – Table WB.UNCTAD.AL: Non-Ferrous Metals: Aluminium: Export Value by Individual Economies and Territories

In 2023, the United States led the list of origin countries for Costa Rican merchandise imports, with a total value of over *** billion U.S. dollars. The U.S. was followed by China, the country of origin of around **** billion dollars worth of goods. Petroleum is one of the main products imported by Costa Rica.