Cassava Prices in Costa Rica
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Local (CRC) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Farmgate | 0.77 | 417 | ▲ 20.5% | ▲ 20.5% | FAOSTAT Producer Prices |
As of July 2026, the cassava price in Costa Rica available is US$ 0.77 per kg (417 CRC), up 20.5% year-on-year.
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Cassava Price History & Trend
Monthly cassava price, US$ per kg - the line grows each month as we record it. Source: FAOSTAT Producer Prices.
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Costa Rica cassava - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of cassava sold by Costa Rica in 2020 was 127,273 tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica shipped 113,448 tonnes of cassava. Across 2019 alone, the demand for Costa Rica cassava (tubers category) has gone down, with a change of -15.119 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cassava's exports grew by 5.51 percent bringing the nation US$98.60m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's cassava exports are classified as:
- Fresh, chilled, frozen or dried roots and tubers of manioc "cassava", whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071410)
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Costa Rica cassava export values
In 2019, Costa Rica shipped cassava costing 98.60m USD, a surge of 11.96% from 2018's total cassava export of 88.064m USD. The yearly increase in value of Costa Rica cassava between 2017 to 2018 was 7.061 pc.
The per year change in the volume of Costa Rica's cassava exports between 2017 and 2019 was 5.51 per cent when compared to a variation of -15.119% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Costa Rica's share of the world's total cassava's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 61 in world exports of cassava.
Export markets for Costa Rica cassava ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's leading destinations for cassava are US, the Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom (UK) and Belgium.
Costa Rica imported 256 tonnes of cassava in 2019.
Production
The production of cassava in Costa Rica was 159,861 tonnes in 2019 and is forecast to change by an average of 0.2%. The country had approximately 10,672.00 hectares under cassava cultivation.