# Costa Rica HS 720410 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 720410 exports from Costa Rica: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Costa Rica |
| HS6 | 720410 |
| Latest exports | $1.5M |
| Active destinations | 5 |
| Three-year growth | -60.5% |
| Destination HHI | 1,986 |
| Weighted share | 5.5% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: India at $1.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Thailand at $150.2 / ton.
- Median reported price: $339.4 / ton.
- Price spread: 251.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $5.7M
- 2011: $6.5M
- 2012: $8.6M
- 2013: $5.4M
- 2014: $1.9M
- 2015: $1.1M
- 2016: $438.0K
- 2017: $2.9M
- 2018: $9.4M
- 2019: $7.1M
- 2020: $1.7M
- 2021: $2.5M
- 2022: $4.1M
- 2023: $367.5K
- 2024: $155.2K

## Methods

Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.

Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed.

## Complete structured values

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