# Chile to Costa Rica HS 870380 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 85/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $308.4M
- Buyer market growth: +37.6%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 65.7%

## What the signal means

The signal points to a newly observed exporter-to-buyer relationship in the available reporting. It is a prompt for market research, not a forecast, order, or guarantee of commercial access. Compare demand, suppliers, access, and route history together before acting.

## Market opportunity

- Latest buyer imports: $308.4M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $602.3M
- Supplier countries observed: 22
- Average buyer imports: $23.4M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $308.4M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +33.8%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +37.6%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: CHN
- Top supplier share: 65.7%
- Market concentration: 4,587
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 65.7%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 5,043 km
- Trade agreement: Reported yes
- Business entry time: 23 days
- Shared spoken language score: 1

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $12.5K
- GDP per-person growth: +11.3%
- Population: 5,139k
- GDP: $64.3B
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 20.5%
- Savings rate: 17.2%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $18.0K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Chile to Costa Rica route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 870380 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $13.0M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $28.0M | +114.7% |
| 1997 | $29.7M | +6.0% |
| 1998 | $27.7M | -6.5% |
| 1999 | $44.6M | +61.0% |
| 2000 | $49.5M | +11.0% |
| 2001 | $58.0M | +17.2% |
| 2002 | $65.6M | +12.9% |
| 2003 | $72.2M | +10.1% |
| 2004 | $97.9M | +35.7% |
| 2005 | $112.9M | +15.3% |
| 2006 | $195.8M | +73.4% |
| 2007 | $173.9M | -11.2% |
| 2008 | $196.7M | +13.1% |
| 2009 | $149.7M | -23.9% |
| 2010 | $211.4M | +41.2% |
| 2011 | $254.4M | +20.3% |
| 2012 | $266.6M | +4.8% |
| 2013 | $256.3M | -3.8% |
| 2014 | $262.2M | +2.3% |
| 2015 | $256.1M | -2.3% |
| 2016 | $268.7M | +4.9% |
| 2017 | $254.3M | -5.4% |
| 2018 | $255.7M | +0.5% |
| 2019 | $177.3M | -30.6% |
| 2020 | $183.8M | +3.7% |
| 2021 | $253.2M | +37.7% |
| 2022 | $314.4M | +24.2% |
| 2023 | $306.5M | -2.5% |
| 2024 | $348.9M | +13.8% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Chile to Malaysia | HS 271012 | New corridor | $12.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/chl-mys-271012) |
| Chile to CHN | HS 300215 | New corridor | $10.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/chl-chn-300215) |
| Chile to Canada | HS 271012 | New corridor | $9.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/chl-can-271012) |
| Chile to Canada | HS 870380 | New corridor | $7.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/chl-can-870380) |
| Chile to Philippines | HS 271019 | New corridor | $7.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/chl-phl-271019) |
| Chile to NLD | HS 870380 | New corridor | $6.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/chl-nld-870380) |
| Chile to Spain | HS 870340 | New corridor | $4.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/chl-esp-870340) |
| Chile to China, Hong Kong SAR | HS 854233 | New corridor | $3.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/chl-hkg-854233) |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a new corridor signal mean?

It identifies an exporter, buyer market, and HS6 combination included in the available new-corridor signal set for 2024. It is a research prompt, not a guarantee of demand or sales.

### Is the market opportunity reported trade?

Reported buyer imports and exporter share are observations. Any projection or share-gap measure is calculated from the available data and should not be treated as an order or forecast.

### What should exporters check next?

Validate product fit, buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, competition, and the depth of product-level history before pursuing the route.

## Method

The signal is a calculated research indicator based on available reported trade observations. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-09-02). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.