# Costa Rica exports to the United Arab Emirates: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Costa Rica to the United Arab Emirates, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CRI-ARE/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Costa Rica reported $20.3M in goods exports to the United Arab Emirates. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $20.3M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 63.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 3 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.4 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 11.8% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 901839 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the like | $119.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $342.5M | 1.4% | High attention |
| 3 | 902139 | Artificial parts of the body: excluding artificial joints | $48.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $255.1M | 99% | Watch |
| 5 | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: n.e.s. in item no. 8479.8, having individual functions | $412.0M | 0% | Watch |
| 6 | 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $393.9M | 92.5% | Watch |
| 7 | 382100 | Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells | $12.5M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 902110 | Orthopaedic or fracture appliances | $43.0M | 53.8% | Watch |
| 9 | 901910 | Mechano-therapy appliances: massage apparatus and psychological aptitude-testing apparatus | $28.2M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 380891 | Insecticides: not containing substances of 3808.50: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $41.1M | 0% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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