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Who buys Costa Rica’s medical instruments? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Costa Rica exported $7.4 billion of medical instruments (42 thousand tonnes), 4.2% of the world total. The United States bought 59% of the total, followed by the Netherlands (11%) and China (5%). Costa Rica was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$7.4billion
Tonnes
42thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.2%
World rank
8th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States4.4Tonnes: 30,286USD per tonne: $145,05759.4%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.8Tonnes: 2,966USD per tonne: $268,96910.8%Air
China0.35Tonnes: 544USD per tonne: $637,9334.7%Air
Japan0.33Tonnes: 335USD per tonne: $977,2344.4%Air
Belgium re-exports0.32Tonnes: 1,492USD per tonne: $214,2894.3%Air
Canada0.14Tonnes: 276USD per tonne: $502,6101.9%Air
France0.11Tonnes: 497USD per tonne: $220,4351.5%Air
Australia0.11Tonnes: 222USD per tonne: $478,3141.4%Air
Germany0.1Tonnes: 477USD per tonne: $206,1331.3%Air
Singapore re-exports0.08Tonnes: 669USD per tonne: $114,8491%Air
Ireland0.06Tonnes: 110USD per tonne: $564,1380.84%Air
Brazil0.04Tonnes: 304USD per tonne: $146,2180.6%Air
South Korea0.04Tonnes: 86USD per tonne: $503,3860.59%Air
Spain0.04Tonnes: 78USD per tonne: $547,4240.57%Air
Poland0.04Tonnes: 73USD per tonne: $563,7920.55%Air
United Kingdom0.04Tonnes: 403USD per tonne: $90,6710.49%Air
Turkey0.04Tonnes: 189USD per tonne: $190,4010.49%Air
Malaysia0.03Tonnes: 92USD per tonne: $365,1060.45%Air
Taiwan0.03Tonnes: 233USD per tonne: $142,2860.45%Air
Colombia0.03Tonnes: 329USD per tonne: $85,6910.38%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United States 4.4
  • Netherlands 0.8
  • China 0.35
  • Japan 0.33
  • Belgium 0.32

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.044.4
Netherlands< 0.010.8
China00.35
Japan00.33
Belgium00.32

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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