# Costa Rica HS 720430 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 720430 exports from Costa Rica: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Costa Rica |
| HS6 | 720430 |
| Latest exports | $1.4M |
| Active destinations | 3 |
| Three-year growth | +18.6% |
| Destination HHI | 1,821 |
| Weighted share | 3.1% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands at $1.3K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Not reported at $135.0 / ton.
- Median reported price: $302.2 / ton.
- Price spread: 377.7%.

## Export history

- 2010: $1.3M
- 2011: $1.3M
- 2012: $1.1M
- 2013: $167.7K
- 2014: $161.9K
- 2015: $567.1K
- 2016: $285.9K
- 2017: $512.7K
- 2018: $275.9K
- 2019: $16.8K
- 2020: $135.4K
- 2021: $149.5K
- 2022: $536.0K
- 2023: $385.1K
- 2024: $249.4K

## 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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