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Who buys Costa Rica’s bananas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Costa Rica exported $1.7 billion of bananas (2.4 million tonnes), 10.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (28%), Italy (9%) and Spain (8%). Costa Rica was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of bananas.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
2.4million tonnes
Share of world total
10.7%
World rank
3rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States471Tonnes: 743,980USD per tonne: $63328.1%Sea
Italy143Tonnes: 206,139USD per tonne: $6928.5%Sea
Spain142Tonnes: 211,157USD per tonne: $6718.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports133Tonnes: 224,581USD per tonne: $5948%Sea
United Kingdom129Tonnes: 178,656USD per tonne: $7247.7%Sea
Germany113Tonnes: 66,162USD per tonne: $1,7066.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports100Tonnes: 144,668USD per tonne: $6936%Sea
France49.4Tonnes: 53,835USD per tonne: $9183%Sea
Canada48Tonnes: 35,134USD per tonne: $1,3662.9%Sea
Portugal33.4Tonnes: 51,271USD per tonne: $6522%Sea
Norway33.3Tonnes: 40,806USD per tonne: $8162%Sea
Poland31.8Tonnes: 31,467USD per tonne: $1,0111.9%Sea
Ukraine28.4Tonnes: 28,766USD per tonne: $9881.7%Sea
Ireland27.5Tonnes: 42,272USD per tonne: $6501.6%Sea
Saudi Arabia17.4Tonnes: 29,830USD per tonne: $5831%Sea
Czechia17.2Tonnes: 19,321USD per tonne: $8881%Sea
Finland16Tonnes: 28,701USD per tonne: $5560.95%Sea
Iraq16Tonnes: 33,017USD per tonne: $4830.95%Sea
South Korea15.8Tonnes: 18,724USD per tonne: $8460.95%Sea
Turkey13Tonnes: 37,069USD per tonne: $3510.78%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 471
  • Italy 143
  • Spain 142
  • Netherlands 133
  • United Kingdom 129

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States357471
Italy66.2143
Spain50.9142
Netherlands1.7133
United Kingdom28.6129

Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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