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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

This statistic presents the leading countries of destination of pineapple exports from Costa Rica in 2017, by share of exports volume. That year, exports of pineapple from Costa Rica to the United States accounted for ** percent of the total exports of the fruit from the Central American country.

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.

Costa Rica CR: ICT: Service Exports: BOP data was reported at 2.131 USD bn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.868 USD bn for 2022. Costa Rica CR: ICT: Service Exports: BOP data is updated yearly, averaging 350.467 USD mn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2023, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.131 USD bn in 2023 and a record low of 57.300 USD mn in 1995. Costa Rica CR: ICT: Service Exports: BOP 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: Telecommunication. Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Sum;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

This statistic shows Costa Rica's main export partners for toys, games, and sports equipment in 2023, by export value. The United States was by far the largest importing market for Costa Rican toys, games, and sports requisites, with an export value of approximately ***** million U.S. dollars. Guatemala ranked second, with the export value amounting to about *** thousand U.S. dollars.

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 Commercial Service Exports: Services: Travel data was reported at 32.294 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 30.768 % for 2022. Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Travel data is updated yearly, averaging 48.877 % from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2023, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 63.842 % in 2000 and a record low of 16.857 % in 2020. Costa Rica CR: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Travel 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. Travel services (% of commercial service exports) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers in that economy for their own use during visits of less than one year for business or personal purposes. Travel services include the goods and services consumed by travelers, such as lodging and meals and transport (within the economy visited).;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Weighted average;

In 2023, the leading country of destination for bananas from Costa Rica was the United States, with a value of 325 million U.S. dollars. Ranking second was the Netherlands, with 403 million U.S. dollars.

Costa Rica's pharmaceutical exports reached around ************U.S. dollars in 2024. Its neighboring country, Panama, topped the list of leading destinations for pharmaceutical products exported from the Latin America country, with an export value of around ***********U.S. dollars. The Dominican Republic ranked second, importing pharmaceuticals from Costa Rica for over ***********dollars that same year.