{ "template": "Corridor pair risk profile", "pageType": "Corridor pair risk profile", "source": "api", "generatedAt": "2026-08-29T11:48:05.435Z", "seo": { "title": "Costa Rica exports to Trinidad and Tobago: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks", "description": "Understand reported exports from Costa Rica to Trinidad and Tobago, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning." }, "publisher": { "name": "Yugalinks", "url": "https://www.yugalinks.com", "email": "support@yugalinks.com", "linkedin": "https://in.linkedin.com/company/yugalinks" }, "exporter": { "iso3": "CRI", "country_name": "Costa Rica" }, "importer": { "iso3": "TTO", "country_name": "Trinidad and Tobago" }, "latestYear": 2024, "risk": { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "all_history_lane_count": 22, "current_lane_count": 18, "current_product_count": 18, "first_observed_last_year": 2007, "latest_data_year": 2024, "current_trade_usd": 29630772.128929228, "attention_trade_usd": 1235040.0883702512, "critical_trade_usd": 0, "high_volatility_trade_usd": 350608.94829530176, "unrecovered_drawdown_trade_usd": 1655989.8842229105, "declining_demand_trade_usd": 0, "concentrated_market_trade_usd": 5203115.000342462, "access_friction_trade_usd": 0, "buyer_macro_weakness_trade_usd": 0, "critical_lane_count": 0, "high_attention_lane_count": 1, "high_volatility_lane_count": 4, "unrecovered_drawdown_lane_count": 5, "declining_demand_lane_count": 0, "concentrated_market_lane_count": 13, "access_friction_lane_count": 0, "trade_weighted_volatility_cv": 0.6290669149078891, "trade_weighted_below_peak_pct": 11.058391392874407, "product_concentration_hhi": 4426.606753094962, "top1_product_share_pct": 64.85666929145741, "top3_product_share_pct": 81.90130277459899, "top_product_hs6": "210690", "top_product_trade_usd": 19217531.88816496, "top_product_description": "Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10", "top_attention_product_hs6": "961900", "top_attention_product_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak", "distance_km": 2469.81298828125, "shares_land_border": 0, "shares_official_language": 0, "common_spoken_language_score": 0, "has_reported_fta": 0, "avg_applied_tariff_pct": 14.862193580808084, "avg_mfn_tariff_pct": 14.862193580808084, "avg_preferential_tariff_pct": null, "tariff_advantage_pp": null, "buyer_biz_entry_days": 10.5, "buyer_biz_entry_cost_pct": null, "buyer_gdp_mn_latest": 21391.802311, "buyer_gdp_pc_latest": 15243, "buyer_population_latest": 1403.374, "buyer_gdp_5y_cagr_pct": 1.7725024729525751, "buyer_gdp_pc_5y_cagr_pct": 1.7077418690014445, "buyer_population_5y_cagr_pct": 0.0636732295507425, "buyer_investment_5y_avg_pct": 23.312, "buyer_savings_5y_avg_pct": 24.97, "buyer_macro_resilience_label": "Buyer macro trend resilient", "attention_trade_share_pct": 4.168099579033421, "critical_trade_share_pct": 0, "risk_driver_labels": [ "high_volatility", "unrecovered_drawdown", "concentrated_product_mix", "concentrated_buyer_markets" ], "attention_level": "Watch", "primary_risk_reason": "Buyer-market concentration is the largest observed corridor exposure", "buyer_gdp_mn_2024": 21391.802311, "buyer_gdp_pc_2024": 15243, "buyer_population_2024": 1403.374 }, "history": [ { "year": 1995, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 1042339.8206685744, "yoy_growth_pct": null, "cagr_3y_pct": null }, { "year": 1996, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 4313904.821260242, "yoy_growth_pct": 313.8674101976868, "cagr_3y_pct": null }, { "year": 1997, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 3785435.9549632524, "yoy_growth_pct": -12.25035989882144, "cagr_3y_pct": null }, { "year": 1998, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 3273227.986794199, "yoy_growth_pct": -13.531016619036308, "cagr_3y_pct": 46.43862490953787 }, { "year": 1999, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 3355097.546036367, "yoy_growth_pct": 2.5011871941847508, "cagr_3y_pct": -8.03733869611667 }, { "year": 2000, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 2969495.6601428585, "yoy_growth_pct": -11.493015645671745, "cagr_3y_pct": -7.773527628179133 }, { "year": 2001, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 4154431.6244616574, "yoy_growth_pct": 39.90360990329898, "cagr_3y_pct": 8.270909900437662 }, { "year": 2002, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 4509658.962423989, "yoy_growth_pct": 8.55056407405339, "cagr_3y_pct": 10.360294207610664 }, { "year": 2003, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 11810085.667688372, "yoy_growth_pct": 161.8842304062019, "cagr_3y_pct": 58.437063432497524 }, { "year": 2004, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 12856454.483951684, "yoy_growth_pct": 8.859959577821774, "cagr_3y_pct": 45.7258286954322 }, { "year": 2005, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 15972073.976602113, "yoy_growth_pct": 24.23389353993015, "cagr_3y_pct": 52.43073285515734 }, { "year": 2006, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 21835660.54545458, "yoy_growth_pct": 36.711491428365406, "cagr_3y_pct": 22.735754138156828 }, { "year": 2007, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 31148063.52263263, "yoy_growth_pct": 42.64768156563308, "cagr_3y_pct": 34.308431832019394 }, { "year": 2008, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 30782828.35279645, "yoy_growth_pct": -1.1725774527549415, "cagr_3y_pct": 24.446418554101545 }, { "year": 2009, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 28780467.82372029, "yoy_growth_pct": -6.504797110023375, "cagr_3y_pct": 9.64205620762777 }, { "year": 2010, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 40214097.46591631, "yoy_growth_pct": 39.727045829229546, "cagr_3y_pct": 8.888602702673154 }, { "year": 2011, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 45594981.53082079, "yoy_growth_pct": 13.380591394510532, "cagr_3y_pct": 13.990722890383434 }, { "year": 2012, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 47637177.783661835, "yoy_growth_pct": 4.478993486290994, "cagr_3y_pct": 18.290370408040978 }, { "year": 2013, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 49145897.393165775, "yoy_growth_pct": 3.167105356987343, "cagr_3y_pct": 6.914427429684977 }, { "year": 2014, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 51105051.14269214, "yoy_growth_pct": 3.9864034506343238, "cagr_3y_pct": 3.8760900921384067 }, { "year": 2015, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 54204831.71686389, "yoy_growth_pct": 6.065507234337275, "cagr_3y_pct": 4.399237183430826 }, { "year": 2016, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 52512435.066036634, "yoy_growth_pct": -3.122224711751531, "cagr_3y_pct": 2.2331233666145422 }, { "year": 2017, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 54470721.10453055, "yoy_growth_pct": 3.729185355871012, "cagr_3y_pct": 2.148760026597296 }, { "year": 2018, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 47428090.45887235, "yoy_growth_pct": -12.929203988585414, "cagr_3y_pct": -4.354205362325702 }, { "year": 2019, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 52378366.04699548, "yoy_growth_pct": 10.43743389250682, "cagr_3y_pct": -0.08517555748336347 }, { "year": 2020, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 46149756.82101644, "yoy_growth_pct": -11.891568401332997, "cagr_3y_pct": -5.375826878895751 }, { "year": 2021, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 54776189.520148985, "yoy_growth_pct": 18.69226035705587, "cagr_3y_pct": 4.918496710393927 }, { "year": 2022, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 57445857.54706023, "yoy_growth_pct": 4.873774627804717, "cagr_3y_pct": 3.1261782427552065 }, { "year": 2023, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 58580676.67409391, "yoy_growth_pct": 1.9754585891663679, "cagr_3y_pct": 8.275032398017391 }, { "year": 2024, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "export_value_usd": 62447722.39480453, "yoy_growth_pct": 6.60123088407536, "cagr_3y_pct": 4.4659910315411055 } ], "riskLanes": [ { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "hs_code": "210690", "hs_description": "Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10", "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 67352039.5692512, "current_below_peak_pct": 4.606804865596923, "lane_volatility_cv": 0.6078208681517006, "attention_level": "Stable", "primary_risk_reason": "No material risk condition is currently identified", "risk_driver_labels": [] }, { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "hs_code": "392350", "hs_description": "Plastics: stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, for the conveyance or packing of goods", "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 16962253.199424043, "current_below_peak_pct": 10.888485753385064, "lane_volatility_cv": 0.4795533626820722, "attention_level": "Stable", "primary_risk_reason": "No material risk condition is currently identified", "risk_driver_labels": [] }, { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "hs_code": "170199", "hs_description": "Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter", "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 41681055.93889532, "current_below_peak_pct": 0, "lane_volatility_cv": 0.8710159353766936, "attention_level": "Watch", "primary_risk_reason": "The buyer market is concentrated among relatively few suppliers", "risk_driver_labels": [ "concentrated_buyer_market" ] }, { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "hs_code": "961900", "hs_description": "Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material", "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 25489086.86046709, "current_below_peak_pct": 55.98143413594776, "lane_volatility_cv": 0.9299157250974797, "attention_level": "High attention", "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak", "risk_driver_labels": [ "unrecovered_drawdown", "concentrated_buyer_market", "dominant_supplier" ] }, { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "hs_code": "340220", "hs_description": "Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale", "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 15912494.581751045, "current_below_peak_pct": 40.95932650774743, "lane_volatility_cv": 0.5702116588985305, "attention_level": "Stable", "primary_risk_reason": "No material risk condition is currently identified", "risk_driver_labels": [] }, { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "hs_code": "401110", "hs_description": "Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars)", "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 17073281.436861247, "current_below_peak_pct": 43.38075970978763, "lane_volatility_cv": 0.6687664994464463, "attention_level": "Watch", "primary_risk_reason": "The buyer market is concentrated among relatively few suppliers", "risk_driver_labels": [ "concentrated_buyer_market", "dominant_supplier" ] }, { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "hs_code": "210390", "hs_description": "Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings", "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 13085875.98805754, "current_below_peak_pct": 1.9364754266453794, "lane_volatility_cv": 0.6851851157471536, "attention_level": "Watch", "primary_risk_reason": "The buyer market is concentrated among relatively few suppliers", "risk_driver_labels": [ "concentrated_buyer_market", "dominant_supplier" ] }, { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "hs_code": "190531", "hs_description": "Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa", "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 13735200.654719826, "current_below_peak_pct": 0, "lane_volatility_cv": 0.38661705608737507, "attention_level": "Stable", "primary_risk_reason": "No material risk condition is currently identified", "risk_driver_labels": [] }, { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "hs_code": "300490", "hs_description": "Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale", "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 89655074.15101047, "current_below_peak_pct": 95.96288062988782, "lane_volatility_cv": 0.7591732864313618, "attention_level": "Watch", "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak", "risk_driver_labels": [ "unrecovered_drawdown" ] }, { "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "hs_code": "230910", "hs_description": "Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding", "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 15038479.003128462, "current_below_peak_pct": 38.619422984746635, "lane_volatility_cv": 0.8403100777552165, "attention_level": "Watch", "primary_risk_reason": "The buyer market is concentrated among relatively few suppliers", "risk_driver_labels": [ "concentrated_buyer_market", "dominant_supplier" ] } ], "accessProfile": { "year": 2024, "exporter_iso3": "CRI", "importer_iso3": "TTO", "distance_km": 2472, "shares_land_border": 0, "shares_official_language": 0, "shares_ethnic_language": 0, "shared_religion": 0, "shared_legal_system": 0, "shared_colonial_history": 0, "has_fta": 0, "rta_coverage_ratio": null, "exporter_is_wto": 1, "importer_is_wto": 1, "exporter_is_eu": 0, "importer_is_eu": 0, "importer_gdp_million_usd": 21391.802311, "importer_gdp_per_capita_usd": 15243.122867460848, "importer_population": 1403.374, "importer_biz_entry_days": 10.5, "importer_biz_entry_cost_pct": 0.7, "exporter_gdp_million_usd": 64282.43866700001, "exporter_gdp_per_capita_usd": 12508.615627626335, "avg_applied_tariff_pct": 14.862193580808084, "avg_mfn_tariff_pct": 14.862193580808084, "avg_preferential_tariff_pct": null, "tariff_advantage_pp": null }, "sourceAttribution": { "publisher": "OECD", "dataset": "Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D", "year": 2025, "citation": "OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29)", "sourceUrl": "https://data-explorer.oecd.org/", "dataflowUrl": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/sti-public/rest/dataflow/OECD.SDD.TPS/DSD_BIMTS_6D@DF_BIMTS_HS2017_6D/1.0", "termsUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/", "terms": "OECD Terms & Conditions", "accessed": "2026-08-29", "supportingSources": [ { "publisher": "CEPII", "dataset": "BACI bilateral trade flows", "release": "202601", "citation": "Gaulier, G. and Zignago, S. (2010), BACI: International Trade Database at the Product-Level. The 1994-2007 Version, CEPII Working Paper No. 2010-23.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html", "datasetUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37", "licenseUrl": "https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf", "license": "Etalab 2.0 Open Licence", "accessed": "2026-08-29" } ] }, "links": { "canonical": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CRI-TTO/risk", "html": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CRI-TTO/risk/index.html", "markdown": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CRI-TTO/risk/index.md", "json": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CRI-TTO/risk/index.json", "jsonLd": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CRI-TTO/risk/index.ld.json", "home": "https://www.yugalinks.com/", "tradeHub": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/", "dataSources": "https://www.yugalinks.com/data-sources", "methodology": "https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology", "workspace": "https://www.yugalinks.com/app/corridors", "contact": "https://www.yugalinks.com/contact", "email": "mailto:support@yugalinks.com", "linkedin": "https://in.linkedin.com/company/yugalinks" } }