Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Costa Rica's import sources for HS product codes where a single source country accounts for >= 80% of total imports and the import value is >= 10,000,000 USD. Only data for the most recent available year is displayed. If you want more data, visit the Country Matrix.
Costa Rica
54 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 070320 | Vegetables, alliaceous; garlic, fresh or chilled | 2024 | 100.00% | 10,403,495 |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 020130 | Meat; of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | 2024 | 100.00% | 28,475,965 |
| 3 | USA | 230330 | Brewing or distilling dregs and waste; whether or not in the form of pellets | 2024 | 100.00% | 22,938,299 |
| 4 | USA | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2024 | 100.00% | 10,063,120 |
| 5 | USA | 284310 | Colloidal precious metals; whether or not chemically defined | 2024 | 100.00% | 10,892,217 |
| 6 | USA | 520100 | Cotton; not carded or combed | 2024 | 100.00% | 34,335,394 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 870350 | Vehicles; with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | 2024 | 100.00% | 10,898,933 |
| 8 | China | 722599 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7225, (other than plated or coated with zinc) | 2024 | 99.97% | 30,670,345 |
| 9 | USA | 271490 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; asphaltites and asphaltic rock | 2024 | 99.97% | 30,973,738 |
| 10 | China | 722592 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7225, plated or coated with zinc (other than electrolytically) | 2024 | 99.91% | 77,659,481 |
| 11 | USA | 480593 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight 225/m2 or more, in rolls or sheets, n.e.c. in heading no. 4805 | 2024 | 99.06% | 105,987,142 |
| 12 | USA | 040620 | Dairy produce; cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered | 2024 | 98.81% | 30,664,491 |
| 13 | China | 721391 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter | 2024 | 98.19% | 16,551,432 |
| 14 | Türkiye | 722830 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | 2024 | 97.98% | 49,865,082 |
| 15 | USA | 854159 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices n.e.c. in heading no. 8541 | 2024 | 97.83% | 90,016,619 |
| 16 | USA | 300190 | Glands and other organs; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, n.e.c. in heading 3001 | 2024 | 97.56% | 15,185,766 |
| 17 | China | 030461 | Fish fillets; frozen, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) | 2024 | 97.36% | 35,524,111 |
| 18 | Chile | 030481 | Fish fillets; frozen, salmon, Pacific (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou, Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic (Salmo salar), and Danube (Hucho hucho) | 2024 | 96.94% | 14,298,055 |
| 19 | USA | 390140 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2024 | 96.35% | 18,361,055 |
| 20 | Canada | 100119 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | 2024 | 95.78% | 15,900,746 |
| 21 | USA | 480592 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight more than 150g/m2 but less than 225 g/m2, in rolls or sheets, n.e.c. in heading no. 4805 | 2024 | 95.15% | 66,966,054 |
| 22 | USA | 020714 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | 2024 | 94.91% | 34,464,740 |
| 23 | USA | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane | 2024 | 94.58% | 137,849,376 |
| 24 | USA | 390422 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; plasticised poly(vinyl chloride), in primary forms, mixed with other substances | 2024 | 94.15% | 16,223,040 |
| 25 | USA | 160100 | Meat preparations; sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, and food preparations based on these products | 2024 | 93.45% | 20,022,077 |
| 26 | USA | 391739 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 3917.30 | 2024 | 93.16% | 98,942,951 |
| 27 | China | 851679 | Electro-thermic appliances; n.e.c. in heading no. 8516, used for domestic purposes | 2024 | 92.83% | 27,066,373 |
| 28 | Mexico | 240220 | Cigarettes; containing tobacco | 2024 | 92.47% | 15,336,509 |
| 29 | USA | 480519 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, fluting paper other than semi-chemical or straw, rolls or sheets | 2024 | 91.80% | 71,588,263 |
| 30 | USA | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | 2024 | 91.68% | 58,168,997 |
| 31 | Japan | 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | 2024 | 90.97% | 41,070,621 |
| 32 | China | 950510 | Christmas festivity articles | 2024 | 90.92% | 15,880,520 |
| 33 | China | 851650 | Ovens; microwave, of a kind used for domestic purposes | 2024 | 90.00% | 13,419,897 |
| 34 | Guatemala | 380859 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, disinfectants, herbicides and the like; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter; not DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN)), put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2024 | 87.63% | 12,070,444 |
| 35 | Mexico | 481159 | Paper and paperboard; coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives), other than bleached and weighing more than 150g/m2, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810 | 2024 | 87.26% | 16,105,627 |
| 36 | Chile | 440711 | Wood; coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | 2024 | 86.94% | 42,061,251 |
| 37 | USA | 854460 | Insulated electric conductors; for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | 2024 | 86.75% | 14,540,057 |
| 38 | China | 841510 | Air conditioning machines; comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or 'split-system' | 2024 | 86.64% | 36,408,595 |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 080510 | Fruit, edible; oranges, fresh or dried | 2024 | 86.62% | 18,613,037 |
| 40 | China | 852871 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus; not designed to incorporate a video display or screen | 2024 | 86.32% | 14,816,381 |
| 41 | USA | 390810 | Polyamides; polyamide-6, -11, -12, -6,6, -6,9, -6,10 or -6,12, in primary forms | 2024 | 84.91% | 12,120,319 |
| 42 | Mexico | 220890 | Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | 2024 | 84.75% | 18,944,468 |
| 43 | USA | 271012 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; light oils and preparations | 2024 | 84.41% | 901,333,333 |
| 44 | USA | 391732 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, other than those of item no. 3917.31, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings | 2024 | 84.33% | 112,230,264 |
| 45 | USA | 271019 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; not light oils and preparations | 2024 | 84.14% | 1,005,134,172 |
| 46 | USA | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2024 | 83.97% | 44,525,803 |
| 47 | USA | 711590 | Metal; precious or metal clad with precious metal, other than that of item no. 7115.10 | 2024 | 83.58% | 60,645,091 |
| 48 | USA | 731290 | Iron or steel; plaited bands, slings and the like, not electrically insulated | 2024 | 83.46% | 19,596,067 |
| 49 | USA | 300610 | Pharmaceutical goods; sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers | 2024 | 83.31% | 26,556,606 |
| 50 | Mexico | 821210 | Razors | 2024 | 83.07% | 10,233,309 |
| 51 | USA | 392069 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of polyesters n.e.c. in heading no. 3920, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2024 | 82.92% | 10,870,906 |
| 52 | China | 401120 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | 2024 | 82.18% | 49,170,197 |
| 53 | USA | 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits; memories | 2024 | 81.18% | 11,539,299 |
| 54 | Mexico | 680911 | Plaster, or plaster compositions; boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only, not ornamented | 2024 | 80.70% | 17,103,684 |
USA: 29 occurrences
China: 11 occurrences
Mexico: 5 occurrences
Chile: 2 occurrences
Nicaragua: 2 occurrences
Canada: 1 occurrence
Guatemala: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 1 occurrence
Legend:
Highlight - the row matches a Danger Zone country and/or a Critical Goods HS code.
ABCBold red partner name - the import source country is flagged in the Danger Zone.
1234Bold lime HS code - the product code is flagged in Critical Goods.