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

Understand reported exports from Taiwan 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/TWN-CRI/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Taiwan reported $83.6M in goods exports to Costa Rica. 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 | $83.6M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 60.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 16 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 31.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | $25.5M | 34.6% | High attention |
| 2 | 853400 | Circuits: printed | $131.0M | 89.7% | High attention |
| 3 | 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $40.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $132.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 722300 | Steel, stainless: wire | $100.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 851220 | Lighting or visual signalling equipment: electrical, of a kind used on motor vehicles (excluding articles of heading no. 8539) | $13.8M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $256.1M | 1.9% | High attention |
| 8 | 321410 | Mastics: painters' fillings | $28.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 871200 | Bicycles and other cycles: including delivery tricycles, not motorised | $10.7M | 42.5% | High attention |
| 10 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $512.3M | 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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