What is the price of mucilages and thickeners per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica mucilages and thickeners is between US$ 0.19 and US$ 0.48 per kilogram or between US$ 0.09 and US$ 0.22 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of mucilages and thickeners in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for mucilages and thickeners is between CRC 104.37 and CRC 260.92 per kilogram or between CRC 47.33 and CRC 118.33 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica mucilages and thickeners is between US$ 0.13 and US$ 0.34 per kilogram or between US$ 0.06 and US$ 0.15 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica mucilages and thickeners - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of mucilages and thickeners shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 61 tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica shipped 57 tonnes of mucilages and thickeners. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for Costa Rica mucilages and thickeners (agro commodities category) has climbed, recording a change of 16.327 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, mucilages and thickeners' exports increased by 39.02% netting the exporter US$1.97m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's mucilages and thickeners exports are categorised as:
- Mucilages and thickeners, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds, whether or not modified (HS code 130232)
- Mucilages and thickeners derived from vegetable products, whether or not modified (excluding from locust beans, locust bean seeds, guar seeds and agar-agar) (HS code 130239)
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Costa Rica mucilages and thickeners export values
In 2019, Costa Rica shipped mucilages and thickeners worth 1.97m USD, an improvement of 410.36% from 2018's total mucilages and thickeners export of 0.386m USD. The annual increase in value of Costa Rica mucilages and thickeners between 2017 to 2018 was 1.847 per cent.
The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Costa Rica's mucilages and thickeners exports between 2017 and 2019 was 39.02 percent when compared to a variation of 16.327% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Costa Rica's portion of the world's total mucilages and thickeners' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds position 27 in world exports of mucilages and thickeners.
Export markets for Costa Rica mucilages and thickeners ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Costa Rica is a net exporter of mucilages and thickeners. The annual growth of Costa Rica mucilages and thickeners in value between 2015 to 2019 was -1%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -1%, per annum.
Costa Rica ordered 762 tonnes of mucilages and thickeners in 2019.