The volume of tuna shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 2,975 tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica exported 1,333 tonnes of tuna. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Costa Rica tuna (fish category) has increased, with a change of 31.85 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tuna's exports went up by 42.87 percent netting the exporter US$10.33m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's tuna exports are classified as:
- Fresh or chilled albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030231)
- Frozen yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030342)
- Frozen tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030349)
- Frozen albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030341)
- Fresh or chilled Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030235)
- Frozen bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030344)
- Frozen fillets of tuna "of the genus Thunnus", skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito "Euthynnus [Katsuwonus] pelamis" (HS code 030487)
- Fresh or chilled bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030234)
- Fresh or chilled tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030239)
- Fresh or chilled Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030236)
- Frozen Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030346)
- Fresh or chilled yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030232)
- Frozen Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030345)
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Costa Rica atún export values
In 2019, Costa Rica sold tuna valued at 10.33m USD, an increase of 34.14% from 2018's total tuna export of 7.701m USD. The yearly change in value of Costa Rica tuna between 2017 to 2018 was 6.367 percent.
The yearly variation in the amount of Costa Rica's tuna exports between 2017 and 2019 was 42.87 pc compared to a variation of 31.85% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
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Export markets for Costa Rica atún ( in '000$ )
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Costa Rica bought 5,028 tonnes of tuna in 2019.
