How much does the U.S. import from Costa Rica?

U.S. imports from Costa Rica totaled $2.5B in customs value in 2025, across the 53 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It excludes manufacturing products outside the tracked family universe.

What effective calculated-duty rate is observed for imports from Costa Rica?

In 2025, imports from Costa Rica had an effective calculated-duty rate of 2.49% across tracked families. The rate is reported Calculated Duties divided by the customs value covered by those duty observations, which reflects the combined product, origin, preference and tariff mix in USITC's statistics. A year earlier the rate was 0.26%.

Is the tariff burden on Costa Rica rising or falling?

Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Costa Rica moved +2.2 points year over year to 2.49% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

Tariff Monitor

Tariffs on Imports From Costa Rica

In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $2.5B of goods from Costa Rica across 53 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, carrying an effective calculated-duty rate of 2.49%, up from 0.26% the year before. Costa Rica's largest tracked categories: semiconductors and integrated circuits, switchgear, connectors, and controls, insulated wire and cable. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.

The current reading

Tracked imports from Costa Rica: $2.5B in 2025 across 53 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
Observed effective calculated-duty rate: 2.49% (0.26% the year before), reported Calculated Duties ÷ covered customs value.
History depth: 3 years of annual named-source boards.

Largest tracked families from Costa Rica

Semiconductors and integrated circuits
Switchgear, connectors, and controls
Insulated wire and cable
Rubber materials and products
Optical elements and lenses

Frequently asked questions

How much does the U.S. import from Costa Rica? U.S. imports from Costa Rica totaled $2.5B in customs value in 2025, across the 53 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It excludes manufacturing products outside the tracked family universe.
What effective calculated-duty rate is observed for imports from Costa Rica? In 2025, imports from Costa Rica had an effective calculated-duty rate of 2.49% across tracked families. The rate is reported Calculated Duties divided by the customs value covered by those duty observations, which reflects the combined product, origin, preference and tariff mix in USITC's statistics. A year earlier the rate was 0.26%.
What does the U.S. import most from Costa Rica? Among tracked manufacturing families, Costa Rica's largest recent categories are semiconductors and integrated circuits, switchgear, connectors, and controls, insulated wire and cable, rubber materials and products. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
Is the tariff burden on Costa Rica rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Costa Rica moved +2.2 points year over year to 2.49% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

About this data

Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling. MFN-Free and Special-rate fields describe statutory line coverage only; final entry liability requires origin, date, eligibility, exclusions and other transaction facts. Calculated Duties are statistical estimates, not a cash-collections ledger. Confirm classification, origin, program eligibility, and final entry liability with a licensed customs broker.

Last reviewed 2026-10-01.