# Costa Rica HS 731990 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 731990 exports from Costa Rica: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Costa Rica |
| HS6 | 731990 |
| Latest exports | $260.8K |
| Active destinations | 5 |
| Three-year growth | +27.1% |
| Destination HHI | 4,170 |
| Weighted share | 2.2% |

## Destination markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $160.2K; share 0.7%; growth +610.8%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Honduras at $2.6M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Venezuela at $15.9 / ton.
- Median reported price: $10.7K / ton.
- Price spread: 24,138.9%.

## Export history

- 2010: $1.4K
- 2011: $11.6K
- 2012: $66.8K
- 2013: $10.6K
- 2014: $129.2K
- 2015: $1.5K
- 2016: $4.0K
- 2017: $24.6K
- 2018: $3.8K
- 2019: $4.3K
- 2020: $14.5K
- 2021: $111.5K
- 2022: $142.1K
- 2023: $2.0K
- 2024: $228.8K

## 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.

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