# Costa Rica exports to India: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Costa Rica reported $126.7M in goods exports to India. The overall review level is Critical 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 | $126.7M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 79.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 7 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.5 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 33.1% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $1.8B | 63.5% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 440349 | Wood, tropical: (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff), n.e.s. in item no. 4403.41, in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated | $295.4M | 39.7% | Watch |
| 3 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $2.7B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $3.4B | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 901839 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the like | $376.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $983.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 470710 | Paper or paperboard: waste and scrap, of unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or of corrugated paper or paperboard | $504.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 382100 | Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells | $94.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 470790 | Paper or paperboard: waste and scrap, of paper or paperboard n.e.c. in heading no. 4707 and of unsorted waste and scrap | $410.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 902139 | Artificial parts of the body: excluding artificial joints | $206.6M | 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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