# Haiti to Costa Rica HS 901839 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the like. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 87/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $330.8M
- Buyer market growth: +6.0%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 74.7%

## 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: $330.8M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $554.2M
- Supplier countries observed: 62
- Average buyer imports: $87.0M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $330.8M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +18.8%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +6.0%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
- Top supplier share: 74.7%
- Market concentration: 5,644
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 74.7%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 1,583 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 23 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## 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 | $22.1K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Haiti to Costa Rica route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 901839 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $14.4K | +0.0% |
| 1997 | $12.8K | -10.7% |
| 2000 | $169.8K | +1221.6% |
| 2001 | $604.3K | +255.9% |
| 2002 | $369.0 | -99.9% |
| 2003 | $6.8K | +1754.2% |
| 2004 | $29.7K | +334.2% |
| 2005 | $14.4K | -51.5% |
| 2006 | $7.2K | -50.0% |
| 2007 | $35.0K | +385.8% |
| 2008 | $21.4K | -38.7% |
| 2009 | $17.2K | -19.7% |
| 2010 | $220.7K | +1182.0% |
| 2011 | $792.2K | +259.0% |
| 2012 | $1.5M | +95.2% |
| 2013 | $620.3K | -59.9% |
| 2014 | $553.9K | -10.7% |
| 2015 | $88.1K | -84.1% |
| 2016 | $161.0K | +82.8% |
| 2017 | $347.4K | +115.8% |
| 2018 | $415.3K | +19.5% |
| 2019 | $372.4K | -10.3% |
| 2020 | $260.1K | -30.2% |
| 2021 | $290.7K | +11.8% |
| 2022 | $335.8K | +15.5% |
| 2023 | $420.2K | +25.1% |
| 2024 | $244.2K | -41.9% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Haiti to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 847150 | New corridor | $53.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/hti-usa-847150) |
| Haiti to SGP | HS 854239 | New corridor | $28.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/hti-sgp-854239) |
| Haiti to Germany | HS 271019 | New corridor | $19.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/hti-deu-271019) |
| Haiti to Germany | HS 854430 | New corridor | $6.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/hti-deu-854430) |
| Haiti to Canada | HS 300215 | New corridor | $4.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/hti-can-300215) |
| Haiti to Germany | HS 847989 | New corridor | $3.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/hti-deu-847989) |
| Haiti to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 851660 | New corridor | $2.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/hti-usa-851660) |
| Haiti to Japan | HS 950300 | New corridor | $2.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/hti-jpn-950300) |

## 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.