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
61 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 230330 | Brewing or distilling dregs and waste; whether or not in the form of pellets | 2025 | 100.00% | 23,353,035 |
| 2 | 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 | 2025 | 100.00% | 70,197,162 |
| 3 | USA | 284310 | Colloidal precious metals; whether or not chemically defined | 2025 | 100.00% | 20,647,546 |
| 4 | USA | 271490 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; asphaltites and asphaltic rock | 2025 | 99.99% | 38,008,595 |
| 5 | USA | 520100 | Cotton; not carded or combed | 2025 | 99.98% | 33,156,887 |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 020130 | Meat; of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | 2025 | 99.97% | 32,789,682 |
| 7 | USA | 120190 | Soya beans; other than seed, whether or not broken | 2025 | 99.97% | 125,883,389 |
| 8 | USA | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane | 2025 | 99.97% | 138,256,138 |
| 9 | 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) | 2025 | 99.72% | 122,658,165 |
| 10 | USA | 854159 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices n.e.c. in heading no. 8541 | 2025 | 99.70% | 11,077,755 |
| 11 | USA | 480593 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight 225/m2 or more, in rolls or sheets, n.e.c. in heading no. 4805 | 2025 | 99.17% | 114,304,718 |
| 12 | 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) | 2025 | 98.57% | 19,129,248 |
| 13 | USA | 040620 | Dairy produce; cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered | 2025 | 98.33% | 38,881,291 |
| 14 | China | 030461 | Fish fillets; frozen, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) | 2025 | 98.13% | 34,816,016 |
| 15 | 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 | 2025 | 97.93% | 21,895,157 |
| 16 | USA | 390140 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2025 | 97.83% | 28,618,366 |
| 17 | Türkiye | 722830 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | 2025 | 97.59% | 40,013,066 |
| 18 | China | 722599 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7225, (other than plated or coated with zinc) | 2025 | 97.54% | 56,044,059 |
| 19 | USA | 470321 | Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of coniferous wood | 2025 | 97.47% | 11,065,306 |
| 20 | Spain | 741300 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2025 | 97.31% | 12,585,390 |
| 21 | USA | 200919 | Juice; orange, not frozen, of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 96.72% | 13,532,309 |
| 22 | 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 | 2025 | 96.54% | 20,938,192 |
| 23 | USA | 711590 | Metal; precious or metal clad with precious metal, other than that of item no. 7115.10 | 2025 | 96.51% | 77,047,276 |
| 24 | Mexico | 240220 | Cigarettes; containing tobacco | 2025 | 94.52% | 14,056,583 |
| 25 | USA | 020714 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | 2025 | 94.30% | 36,717,049 |
| 26 | USA | 480519 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, fluting paper other than semi-chemical or straw, rolls or sheets | 2025 | 94.02% | 86,376,870 |
| 27 | 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 | 2025 | 93.74% | 909,310,826 |
| 28 | USA | 160100 | Meat preparations; sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, and food preparations based on these products | 2025 | 93.65% | 22,209,629 |
| 29 | China | 851679 | Electro-thermic appliances; n.e.c. in heading no. 8516, used for domestic purposes | 2025 | 93.16% | 28,197,747 |
| 30 | 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 | 2025 | 92.08% | 11,935,663 |
| 31 | 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 | 2025 | 91.23% | 11,892,915 |
| 32 | USA | 390422 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; plasticised poly(vinyl chloride), in primary forms, mixed with other substances | 2025 | 91.11% | 26,974,584 |
| 33 | Netherlands | 060110 | Plants, live; bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant | 2025 | 90.38% | 10,494,830 |
| 34 | 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 | 2025 | 90.18% | 70,012,547 |
| 35 | USA | 010511 | Poultry; live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing not more than 185g | 2025 | 89.48% | 10,015,473 |
| 36 | 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' | 2025 | 89.45% | 25,313,593 |
| 37 | 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 | 2025 | 88.90% | 878,601,759 |
| 38 | China | 851650 | Ovens; microwave, of a kind used for domestic purposes | 2025 | 87.88% | 12,904,286 |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2025 | 87.17% | 11,800,599 |
| 40 | USA | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2025 | 86.93% | 37,363,925 |
| 41 | China | 950510 | Christmas festivity articles | 2025 | 86.10% | 15,192,490 |
| 42 | Canada | 100119 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | 2025 | 85.36% | 14,535,308 |
| 43 | 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 | 2025 | 85.00% | 16,651,247 |
| 44 | USA | 901839 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances; catheters, cannulae and the like | 2025 | 84.84% | 466,877,511 |
| 45 | 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 | 2025 | 84.23% | 49,673,811 |
| 46 | China | 401120 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | 2025 | 83.65% | 49,462,021 |
| 47 | Mexico | 680911 | Plaster, or plaster compositions; boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only, not ornamented | 2025 | 83.46% | 17,206,846 |
| 48 | USA | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2025 | 83.45% | 243,724,384 |
| 49 | Russian Federation | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | 2025 | 83.15% | 25,474,899 |
| 50 | USA | 902190 | Appliances; worn, carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability | 2025 | 82.87% | 11,294,075 |
| 51 | USA | 391739 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 3917.30 | 2025 | 82.82% | 51,459,939 |
| 52 | Mexico | 821210 | Razors | 2025 | 82.55% | 11,045,956 |
| 53 | China | 950691 | Athletics and gymnastics equipment | 2025 | 82.25% | 15,291,657 |
| 54 | USA | 190120 | Food preparations; mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares | 2025 | 82.21% | 10,270,689 |
| 55 | 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 | 2025 | 82.07% | 26,588,200 |
| 56 | China | 720916 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness exceeding 1mm but less than 3mm | 2025 | 81.89% | 67,188,253 |
| 57 | China | 761510 | Aluminium; table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like | 2025 | 81.39% | 12,206,977 |
| 58 | USA | 390740 | Polycarbonates; in primary forms | 2025 | 81.17% | 16,888,480 |
| 59 | USA | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2025 | 80.79% | 32,194,443 |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 080510 | Fruit, edible; oranges, fresh or dried | 2025 | 80.74% | 13,758,117 |
| 61 | China | 841451 | Fans; table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125W | 2025 | 80.55% | 16,978,340 |
USA: 33 occurrences
China: 13 occurrences
Mexico: 4 occurrences
Chile: 2 occurrences
Nicaragua: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Canada: 1 occurrence
Guatemala: 1 occurrence
Netherlands: 1 occurrence
Spain: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
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1234Bold lime HS code - the product code is flagged in Critical Goods.