# VUT 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: 59/100
- 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: 12,209 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 | $844.4 | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader VUT 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 |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1996 | $278.2K | +0.0% |
| 2000 | $2.9M | +945.5% |
| 2004 | $1.3M | -56.0% |
| 2005 | $3.0K | -99.8% |
| 2007 | $61.3K | +1930.2% |
| 2011 | $286.2K | +367.1% |
| 2012 | $24.1K | -91.6% |
| 2013 | $92.2 | -99.6% |
| 2014 | $8.2K | +8775.0% |
| 2015 | $5.8K | -29.3% |
| 2016 | $4.0K | -30.8% |
| 2017 | $25.5 | -99.4% |
| 2019 | $8.1 | -68.3% |
| 2020 | $2.0K | +24327.4% |
| 2021 | $84.7 | -95.7% |
| 2022 | $36.7 | -56.7% |
| 2023 | $1.6K | +4354.4% |
| 2024 | $844.4 | -48.3% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| VUT to NLD | HS 851712 | New corridor | $10.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-nld-851712) |
| VUT to SGP | HS 847149 | New corridor | $2.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-sgp-847149) |
| VUT to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 420221 | New corridor | $2.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-usa-420221) |
| VUT to Canada | HS 850760 | New corridor | $2.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-can-850760) |
| VUT to Portugal | HS 300490 | New corridor | $2.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-prt-300490) |
| VUT to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 420222 | New corridor | $2.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-usa-420222) |
| VUT to CHN | HS 420221 | New corridor | $2.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-chn-420221) |
| VUT to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 850152 | New corridor | $2.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-usa-850152) |

## 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.