Costa Rica Major Trade Partners

Buying and selling are essential for any country to develop its economy and maintain good relations with other nations. The first table below shows top trading partners of Costa Rica in terms of export sales (selling), including United States, China, and Netherlands. The second lists top trade partners of Costa Rica regarding import total (buying). That is, most products are imported from these countries to Costa Rica.

Costa Rica Major Exports

Market Value: 7,410 (millions) – Last Updated: June, 2019

Rank	Country (Exports To)	Trade Value (thousands)	Share (%)	Growth (% 5yr)
1	United States	3,624,957	48.92	37.00
2	China	603,724	8.15	271.17
3	Netherlands	484,084	6.53	46.18
4	Hong Kong	384,889	5.19	182.14
5	Belgium	307,149	4.14	181.14
6	Mexico	229,379	3.10	28.57
7	Germany	204,530	2.76	(13.22)
8	Dominican Republic	175,570	2.37	148.64
9	United Kingdom	161,591	2.18	26.08
10	Italy	137,222	1.85	96.03
11	Ireland	127,697	1.72	307.55
12	South Korea	107,119	1.45	878.48
13	Japan	80,149	1.08	97.00
14	Malaysia	64,176	0.87	(60.10)
15	Colombia	63,207	0.85	99.78
16	France	62,067	0.84	65.13
17	Spain	61,373	0.83	137.39
18	Brazil	49,101	0.66	171.34
19	Canada	44,644	0.60	36.35
20	Jamaica	40,713	0.55	5.14
21	Venezuela	34,874	0.47	2.42
22	Portugal	34,406	0.46	204.72
23	Switzerland	33,512	0.45	692.87
24	Russia	32,507	0.44	552.91
25	North Korea	30,724	0.41	251,569.28
26	Trinidad and Tobago	26,090	0.35	59.74
27	India	23,354	0.32	203.76
28	Sweden	22,048	0.30	(70.04)
29	Singapore	21,495	0.29	(14.51)
30	Philippines	20,462	0.28	(12.33)
31	Chile	14,829	0.20	40.56
32	Ecuador	14,196	0.19	(6.50)
33	Peru	14,033	0.19	51.30
34	Indonesia	11,073	0.15	539.60
35	Thailand	8,923	0.12	172.62
36	Cuba	7,712	0.10	(25.97)
37	Haiti	7,607	0.10	64.07

 

 

Costa Rica Major Imports

Market Value: 11,898 (millions) – Last Updated: June, 2019

Rank	Country (Imports From)	Trade Value (thousands)	Share (%)	Growth (% 5yr)
1	United States	5,315,502	44.68	47.80
2	Japan	762,003	6.40	57.61
3	Mexico	753,023	6.33	80.28
4	Venezuela	683,171	5.74	108.38
5	China	598,991	5.03	121.89
6	Aruba	491,113	4.13	689.07
7	Ireland	432,467	3.63	855.73
8	Brazil	312,934	2.63	(10.62)
9	Netherlands Antilles	300,560	2.53	715.78
10	Colombia	286,646	2.41	3.32
11	Netherlands	236,567	1.99	79.34
12	South Korea	235,513	1.98	92.18
13	Chile	163,252	1.37	49.72
14	Germany	157,691	1.33	(10.31)
15	Switzerland	117,319	0.99	68.03
16	Canada	104,814	0.88	29.07
17	Thailand	96,676	0.81	296.89
18	United Kingdom	79,950	0.67	(5.16)
19	France	77,358	0.65	(14.82)
20	Dominican Republic	65,447	0.55	437.99
21	Spain	59,082	0.50	(46.50)
22	Italy	58,494	0.49	(34.24)
23	Russia	54,011	0.45	228.26
24	Trinidad and Tobago	51,078	0.43	173.38
25	Belgium	38,268	0.32	(9.72)
26	Cuba	33,334	0.28	308.79
27	Malaysia	32,707	0.27	41.80
28	Israel	29,882	0.25	41.38
29	Philippines	29,809	0.25	190.87
30	India	28,880	0.24	52.32
31	Norway	27,521	0.23	380.96
32	Austria	16,957	0.14	115.97
33	Hong Kong	15,615	0.13	(72.65)
34	Denmark	15,553	0.13	38.21
35	Singapore	14,846	0.12	(22.10)
36	Uruguay	14,624	0.12	23.80