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Who buys Costa Rica’s pineapples? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Costa Rica exported $1.9 billion of pineapples (2.3 million tonnes), 63.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (45%), Spain (8%) and Belgium (8%). Costa Rica was the world’s largest exporter of pineapples.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
2.3million tonnes
Share of world total
63.1%
World rank
1st
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 States831Tonnes: 1,183,475USD per tonne: $70244.5%Sea
Spain145Tonnes: 160,292USD per tonne: $9047.8%Sea
Belgium re-exports143Tonnes: 193,857USD per tonne: $7357.6%Sea
Italy112Tonnes: 138,260USD per tonne: $8106%Sea
Netherlands re-exports89.3Tonnes: 81,654USD per tonne: $1,0944.8%Sea
France83.3Tonnes: 74,756USD per tonne: $1,1154.5%Sea
United Kingdom80.9Tonnes: 109,461USD per tonne: $7394.3%Sea
Canada79.9Tonnes: 53,794USD per tonne: $1,4854.3%Sea
Germany59.2Tonnes: 23,186USD per tonne: $2,5533.2%Sea
Portugal33.1Tonnes: 41,927USD per tonne: $7891.8%Sea
Russia26.7Tonnes: 37,639USD per tonne: $7091.4%Sea
Turkey25.2Tonnes: 33,599USD per tonne: $7511.4%Sea
Switzerland21.1Tonnes: 13,533USD per tonne: $1,5591.1%Sea
Austria17.6Tonnes: 16,082USD per tonne: $1,0960.94%Sea
Ireland12.7Tonnes: 12,173USD per tonne: $1,0450.68%Sea
Israel11.1Tonnes: 9,816USD per tonne: $1,1270.59%Sea
Greece10.3Tonnes: 13,600USD per tonne: $7580.55%Sea
Poland10.2Tonnes: 5,657USD per tonne: $1,8110.55%Sea
Morocco7.2Tonnes: 10,164USD per tonne: $7050.38%Sea
Czechia6.6Tonnes: 5,665USD per tonne: $1,1640.35%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 831
  • Spain 145
  • Belgium 143
  • Italy 112
  • Netherlands 89.3

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States31.5831
Spain6.4145
Belgium1.6143
Italy4.7112
Netherlands0.1189.3

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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