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About

France-Costa Rica Trade: In 2023, France exported $150M to Costa Rica. The main products that France exported to Costa Rica were Packaged Medicaments ($27.7M), Beauty Products ($8.81M), and Other Sugars ($5.77M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to Costa Rica have increased at an annualized rate of 3.85%, from $124M in 2018 to $150M in 2023.

In 2023, France did not export any services to Costa Rica.

Costa Rica-France Trade: In 2023, Costa Rica exported $116M to France. The main products that Costa Rica exported to France were Tropical Fruits ($36.6M), Bananas ($16.6M), and Low-voltage Protection Equipment ($14.7M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Costa Rica to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 12.8%,  from $230M in 2018 to $116M in 2023.

In 2023, Costa Rica did not export any services to France.

Comparison: In 2023,  France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.34), and 7 in total exports ($635B). That same year, Costa Rica ranked 48 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.34), and 73 in total exports ($23.7B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2023, France exported $150M to Costa Rica. The main products exported from France to Costa Rica were Packaged Medicaments ($27.7M), Beauty Products ($8.81M), and Other Sugars ($5.77M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to Costa Rica have increased at an annualized rate of 3.85%, from $124M in 2018 to $150M in 2023.

In 2018, Costa Rica exported $116M to France. The main products exported from Costa Rica to France were Tropical Fruits ($36.6M), Bananas ($16.6M), and Low-voltage Protection Equipment ($14.7M). During the last 5 years the exports of Costa Rica to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 12.8%, from $230M in 2023 to $116M in 2018.

Exports from France (Flag) to Costa Rica (Flag) (2023)

Exports from Costa Rica (Flag) to France (Flag) (2023)

Latest Data

Trade between France (Flag) and Costa Rica (Flag)

France Exports

Costa Rica Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
France
Top Destination
Germany$72.8B
Costa Rica
Top Destination
United States$9.5B

This map shows whether countries import more from France or Costa Rica. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from France and Costa Rica or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2023, countries that imported more from France than Costa Rica included Germany ($72.8B), Italy ($56.3B), and Belgium ($49.2B).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Costa Rica than France included Guatemala ($846M), Nicaragua ($661M), and Honduras ($575M).

Difference in imports from Costa Rica (Flag) and France (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage France - Costa Rica

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between France and Costa Rica by product, considering products traded by both, France and Costa Rica.

During 2023, France had a large net trade with Costa Rica in the exports of Chemical Products ($56.1M), Foodstuffs ($19.5M), and Machines ($17.3M).

During 2018, Costa Rica had a large net trade with France in the exports of Vegetable Products ($70.6M), Machines ($21.2M), and Foodstuffs ($13.7M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Top Product Potential France Costa Rica+$12MPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential Costa Rica France+$8.46MBananas

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of France and Costa Rica. This means that a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over Costa Rica. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Costa Rica indicates it has a comparative advantage over France.

Product Space of France (Flag) and Costa Rica (Flag) (2023)

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