What is the price of chocolate per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica chocolate is between US$ 13.26 and US$ 36.08 per kilogram or between US$ 6.02 and US$ 16.36 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of chocolate in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for chocolate is between CRC 7,208.51 and CRC 19,610.25 per kilogram or between CRC 3,269.17 and CRC 8,893.54 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica chocolate is between US$ 9.28 and US$ 25.26 per kilogram or between US$ 4.21 and US$ 11.45 per pound(lb).
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Prices of other produce in the Processed category in Costa Rica: Milk & Cream, Yogurt, Kefir & Buttermilk, Whey, Butter, Cheese, Natural Honey, Coffee, Green Tea & Black Tea.
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Costa Rica chocolate - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of chocolate exported by Costa Rica in 2020 was 2,281 tons. In 2019 Costa Rica shipped 2,517 tonnes of chocolate. In 2019 alone, the market for Costa Rica chocolate (processed category) has shrunk, changing by -5.376 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, chocolate's exports went down by -12.39 pc earning the country US$8.36m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's chocolate exports are classified as:
- Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg (excluding cocoa powder) (HS code 180620)
- Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excluding in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder) (HS code 180690)
- Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars of <= 2 kg (excluding filled) (HS code 180632)
- Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars of <= 2 kg, filled (HS code 180631)
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Costa Rica chocolate export values
In 2019, Costa Rica supplied chocolate with a value of 8.36m USD, a reduction of -7.49% from 2018's total chocolate export of 9.037m USD. The annual reduction in value of Costa Rica chocolate between 2017 to 2018 was 9.235 per cent.
The yearly variation in the volume of Costa Rica's chocolate exports between 2017 and 2019 was -12.39 per cent in comparison to a variation of -5.376% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Costa Rica chocolate ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's leading export markets for chocolate are Mexico, Nicaragua, US, Guatemala and Panama.
Costa Rica bought 7,147 tonnes of chocolate in 2019.