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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Costa Rica reported $351.5M in goods exports to Japan. 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 | $351.5M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 97% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 17 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 14.8% | 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 | $1.7B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $3.0B | 21.6% | High attention |
| 3 | 902139 | Artificial parts of the body: excluding artificial joints | $791.5M | 1.3% | 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 | $8.4B | 90% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $1.5B | 47.3% | High attention |
| 6 | 901819 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters), n.e.s. in item no. 9018.1 | $527.9M | 25% | High attention |
| 7 | 902190 | Appliances: worn, carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability | $395.9M | 78.3% | High attention |
| 8 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $1.8B | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 902110 | Orthopaedic or fracture appliances | $462.5M | 21.9% | High attention |
| 10 | 900130 | Lenses, contact: unmounted, of any material, excluding elements of glass not optically worked | $1.3B | 0% | High attention |

## 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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