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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Costa Rica reported $12.8M in goods exports to Venezuela. 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 | $12.8M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 80.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 2 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 17.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $22.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $170.9M | 94.1% | High attention |
| 3 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $17.6M | 84.4% | Watch |
| 4 | 853669 | Electrical apparatus: plugs and sockets, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $11.2M | 43.3% | Watch |
| 5 | 392321 | Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | $13.0M | 78.6% | Watch |
| 6 | 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $35.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $12.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $85.0M | 88.3% | Watch |
| 9 | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors: optical fibre cables | $22.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 940510 | Chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall light fittings: excluding those used for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares | $11.7M | 75% | 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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