What is the price of live pigs per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica live pigs is between US$ 0.72 and US$ 4.34 per kilogram or between US$ 0.33 and US$ 1.97 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live pigs in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for live pigs is between CRC 392.85 and CRC 2,357.12 per kilogram or between CRC 178.16 and CRC 1,068.99 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica live pigs is between US$ 0.51 and US$ 3.04 per kilogram or between US$ 0.23 and US$ 1.38 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica live pigs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of live pigs sold by Costa Rica in 2020 was 43 metric tons. In 2019 Costa Rica exported 21 tonnes of live pigs. Across 2019 alone, the demand for Costa Rica live pigs (livestock category) has decreased, recording a change of -30 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live pigs' exports decreased by -40 percent bringing the nation US$0.55m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's live pigs exports are classified as:
- Live swine, weighing < 50 kg (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010391)
- Live swine, weighing >= 50 kg (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010392)
- Pure-bred breeding swine (HS code 010310)
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Costa Rica live pigs export values
In 2019, Costa Rica exported live pigs worth 0.55m USD, a decrease of -26.27% from 2018's total live pigs export of 0.746m USD. The yearly change in value of Costa Rica live pigs between 2017 to 2018 was 4.628 pc.
The yearly change in the amount of Costa Rica's live pigs exports between 2017 and 2019 was -40 per cent compared to a variation of -30% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Costa Rica's share of the world's total live pigs' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Costa Rica holds number 55 in world exports of live pigs.
Export markets for Costa Rica live pigs ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's leading export markets for live pigs are El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama.
Import/Export Trends
Costa Rica is a net exporter of live pigs. The annual growth of Costa Rica live pigs in value between 2015 to 2019 was -12%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 3%, per annum.
Costa Rica bought 23 tonnes of live pigs in 2019.