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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Costa Rica reported $398.7M in goods exports to Taiwan. 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 | $398.7M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 96.8% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 8 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.3 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 4.2% | 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 | $19.7B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $708.9M | 14.4% | High attention |
| 3 | 901839 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the like | $292.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $879.5M | 79.3% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $188.3M | 26.8% | High attention |
| 6 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $176.5M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 853669 | Electrical apparatus: plugs and sockets, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $821.6M | 34.8% | High attention |
| 8 | 903090 | Instruments, apparatus for measuring, checking electrical quantities, not meters of heading no. 9028: parts and accessories, for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic and other radiations | $1.7B | 0% | Watch |
| 9 | 591190 | Textile products and articles for technical uses: n.e.s. in heading no. 5911 | $76.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 853340 | Electrical resistors: variable, including rheostats and potentiometers (excluding heating) | $61.6M | 51.2% | 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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