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Top Exports
As of 2023, Costa Rica's exports were valued at approximately **\$18.2 billion**, reflecting a 15.5% increase from the previous year. The country's export portfolio is notably diversified, with significant contributions from both high-tech manufacturing and agricultural sectors.
- **Medical Devices and Equipment** – \$7.6 billion (42% of total exports)
- **Edible Fruits and Nuts** (including bananas and pineapples) – \$2.5 billion (14%)
- **Miscellaneous Edible Preparations** – \$1.01 billion (5.6%)
- **Electrical Machinery and Equipment** – \$804.8 million (4.4%)
- **Plastics and Articles Thereof** – \$520 million (2.9%)
- **Preparations of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts** – \$440.2 million (2.4%)
- **Pharmaceutical Products** – \$412.5 million (2.3%)
- **Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices** – \$359.4 million (2%)
- **Rubber and Articles Thereof** – \$348.3 million (1.9%)
- **Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils** – \$312.6 million (1.7%)
- **Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers** – \$265 million (1.5%)
- **Iron and Steel** – \$253.6 million (1.4%)
- **Cereal, Flour, Starch, Milk Preparations and Products** – \$189.9 million (1%)
- **Articles of Iron or Steel** – \$189.7 million (1%)
- **Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles** – \$166.2 million (0.9%)
- **Miscellaneous Chemical Products** – \$165.2 million (0.9%)
- **Live Trees, Plants, Bulbs, Roots, Cut Flowers** – \$148.9 million (0.8%)
- **Paper and Paperboard, Articles of Pulp, Paper and Board** – \$143.7 million (0.8%)
- **Meat and Edible Meat Offal** – \$142.5 million (0.8%)
- **Tanning, Dyeing Extracts, Tannins, Derivatives, Pigments** – \$135.5 million (0.7%)
Top Export Destinations
- **United States** – 46% of total exports
- **Netherlands** – 8.36%
- **Guatemala** – 4.9%
- **Belgium** – 4.63%
- **Nicaragua** – 3.82%
- **Panama** – 3.45%
- **Honduras** – 3.3%
- **El Salvador** – 2.53%
- **China** – 2.3%
- **Japan** – 2.09%
