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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Honduras reported $118.2M in goods exports to Costa Rica. 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 | $118.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 35% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 11 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 20.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 481910 | Paper and paperboard: cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard | $63.1M | 6.2% | Watch |
| 2 | 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 | $74.6M | 0% | Stable |
| 3 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $21.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $413.9M | 44.2% | Watch |
| 5 | 730661 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), welded, of square or rectangular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $38.7M | 34.4% | Watch |
| 6 | 230910 | Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding | $74.4M | 27.8% | High attention |
| 7 | 200520 | Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | $12.2M | 15.8% | High attention |
| 8 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $16.9M | 52.3% | High attention |
| 9 | 680911 | Plaster, or plaster compositions: boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only, not ornamented | $18.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 482369 | Paper and paperboard: trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard other than of bamboo | $13.6M | 24.7% | 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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