Shipped Where
Imported from Costa Rica, 2025
$13.9 billion
Share of all US imports
0.4%
Rank among sources
#34 of 218
Arrived by air
54%

Costa Rica is the 34th largest source of US imports: $13.9 billion in 2025.

That is 0.4% of everything the US imported. The top product line is medical instruments, followed by computer chips. Up from 48th in 2015.

What the US buys from Costa Rica

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Medical instruments$5.5B · 39.8%
  2. 02Computer chips$2.4B · 17.0%
  3. 03Orthopedic and implantable devices$1.2B · 8.9%
  4. 04Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas$749M · 5.4%
  5. 05Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried$352M · 2.5%
  6. 06Coffee$224M · 1.6%
  7. 07Tires$149M · 1.1%
  8. 08Cassava, arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes$149M · 1.1%
All 23 products from Costa Rica
  1. 09Insulated wire, cable and other insulated electrical conductors$131M · 0.9%
  2. 10Fruit juice$129M · 0.9%
  3. 11Massage and therapy appliances$128M · 0.9%
  4. 12Switches, fuses and connectors$125M · 0.9%
  5. 13Gold$107M · 0.8%
  6. 14Articles not elsewhere specified$70.1M · 0.5%
  7. 15Frozen beef$69.2M · 0.5%
  8. 16Fruit and nuts, whether not sweetened, frozen$67.2M · 0.5%
  9. 17Plastic articles, not elsewhere specified$60.7M · 0.4%
  10. 18Optical fibers and optical fiber bundles$52.4M · 0.4%
  11. 19Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants$51.7M · 0.4%
  12. 20Sugar$50.8M · 0.4%
  13. 21Vehicle lights and wipers$48.4M · 0.3%
  14. 22Electrical resistors, other than heating resistors$40.8M · 0.3%
  15. 23Live plants not elsewhere specified, cuttings and slips$35.9M · 0.3%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from Costa Rica by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Costa Rica, 2025. Letters match the list.

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54% of goods from Costa Rica arrived by air. Miami Airport, FL handled 22% on its own.

  1. AMiami Airport, FL $3.1B · 22.1%
  2. BNew Orleans, LA $2.8B · 20.1%
  3. CPhiladelphia, PA $1.8B · 13.2%
  4. DPort Everglades, FL $679M · 4.9%
  5. EWilmington, DE $670M · 4.8%
  6. FJacksonville, FL $583M · 4.2%

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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