# France to Costa Rica HS 710812 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder). It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 75/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $16.9M
- Buyer market growth: +77.1%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 99.9%

## 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: $16.9M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $19.7M
- Supplier countries observed: 2
- Average buyer imports: $7.8M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $18.1M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +5.4%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +77.1%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
- Top supplier share: 100.0%
- Market concentration: 9,994
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 99.9%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 8,919 km
- Trade agreement: Reported yes
- Business entry time: 23 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0.1

## 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 | $5.4K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader France to Costa Rica route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 710812 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $107.9M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $59.5M | -44.9% |
| 1997 | $58.4M | -1.9% |
| 1998 | $65.2M | +11.8% |
| 1999 | $74.8M | +14.6% |
| 2000 | $86.1M | +15.2% |
| 2001 | $92.0M | +6.8% |
| 2002 | $98.9M | +7.6% |
| 2003 | $186.9M | +88.9% |
| 2004 | $76.2M | -59.2% |
| 2005 | $143.9M | +88.9% |
| 2006 | $181.2M | +25.9% |
| 2007 | $169.1M | -6.7% |
| 2008 | $121.4M | -28.2% |
| 2009 | $49.1M | -59.5% |
| 2010 | $94.3M | +91.9% |
| 2011 | $73.5M | -22.1% |
| 2012 | $70.9M | -3.5% |
| 2013 | $79.6M | +12.3% |
| 2014 | $87.0M | +9.3% |
| 2015 | $92.5M | +6.4% |
| 2016 | $93.8M | +1.4% |
| 2017 | $103.5M | +10.4% |
| 2018 | $102.1M | -1.3% |
| 2019 | $104.1M | +1.9% |
| 2020 | $103.5M | -0.6% |
| 2021 | $96.4M | -6.8% |
| 2022 | $99.2M | +2.9% |
| 2023 | $106.8M | +7.7% |
| 2024 | $108.4M | +1.5% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| France to AUS | HS 870340 | New corridor | $4.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-aus-870340) |
| France to Chile | HS 270112 | New corridor | $610.2M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-chl-270112) |
| France to Uzbekistan | HS 870360 | New corridor | $469.1M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-uzb-870360) |
| France to Former Republic of Vietnam | HS 271320 | New corridor | $463.8M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-vnm-271320) |
| France to SGP | HS 890400 | New corridor | $329.2M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-sgp-890400) |
| France to India | HS 251020 | New corridor | $304.5M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-ind-251020) |
| France to France | HS 870370 | New corridor | $287.4M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-fra-870370) |
| France to MMR | HS 890520 | New corridor | $280.2M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-mmr-890520) |

## 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.