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

Across the 2 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Costa Rica totaled $1.9B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Costa Rica ranks among the largest named sources.

What tariff rate do imports from Costa Rica actually pay?

In 2025, imports from Costa Rica paid an effective rate of 0.02% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 0.01%.

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, optical elements and lenses. Each has its own live rate page linked below.

Is the tariff burden on Costa Rica rising or falling?

Flat: the effective rate on tracked imports from Costa Rica was essentially unchanged year over year at 0.02%. 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 $1.9B of goods from Costa Rica across the 2 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, paying an effective tariff rate of 0.02%, unchanged from the year before. Costa Rica's largest tracked categories: semiconductors and integrated circuits, optical elements and lenses. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.

The current reading

Tracked imports from Costa Rica: $1.9B in 2025 across 2 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
Effective tariff rate paid: 0.02% (0.01% the year before), calculated duties ÷ customs value.
History depth: 2 years of annual named-source boards.

Largest tracked families from Costa Rica

Semiconductors and integrated circuits
Optical elements and lenses

Frequently asked questions

How much does the U.S. import from Costa Rica? Across the 2 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Costa Rica totaled $1.9B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Costa Rica ranks among the largest named sources.
What tariff rate do imports from Costa Rica actually pay? In 2025, imports from Costa Rica paid an effective rate of 0.02% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 0.01%.
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, optical elements and lenses. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
Is the tariff burden on Costa Rica rising or falling? Flat: the effective rate on tracked imports from Costa Rica was essentially unchanged year over year at 0.02%. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

About this data

Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.

Last reviewed 2026-08-25.