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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Costa Rica reported $1.9B in goods exports to Mexico. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $1.9B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 18.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 40 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 22.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $18.1B | 27.1% | Watch |
| 2 | 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $17.3B | 0% | Watch |
| 3 | 330210 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries | $2.4B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $1.1B | 2.3% | High attention |
| 5 | 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $502.6M | 56.7% | Watch |
| 6 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $3.3B | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 901839 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the like | $1.1B | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 401693 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), gaskets, washers and other seals, of non-cellular rubber | $895.2M | 1.9% | High attention |
| 9 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $185.4M | 14.4% | High attention |
| 10 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $5.1B | 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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