What is the price of ginger per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica ginger is between US$ 9.60 and US$ 15.84 per kilogram or between US$ 4.35 and US$ 7.19 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of ginger in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for ginger is between CRC 5,218.48 and CRC 8,610.49 per kilogram or between CRC 2,366.66 and CRC 3,904.98 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica ginger is between US$ 6.72 and US$ 11.09 per kilogram or between US$ 3.05 and US$ 5.03 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica ginger - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of ginger shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 5,812 metric tons. In 2019 Costa Rica exported 2,928 tonnes of ginger. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Costa Rica ginger (herbs and spices category) has increased, with a change of 8.244 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, ginger's exports went down by -31.7% earning the country US$2.96m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's ginger exports are classified as:
- Ginger, neither crushed nor ground (HS code 091011)
- Ginger (HS code 091010)
- Ginger, crushed or ground (HS code 091012)
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Costa Rica ginger export values
In 2019, Costa Rica supplied ginger costing 2.96m USD, a surge of 11.70% from 2018's total ginger export of 2.65m USD. The annual growth in value of Costa Rica ginger between 2017 to 2018 was -19.746 pc.
The per year variation in the volume of Costa Rica's ginger exports between 2017 and 2019 was -31.7 pc in comparison to a variation of 8.244% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Costa Rica ginger ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's best performing destinations for ginger are US, the Netherlands, France, Italy and United Kingdom (UK).
Costa Rica imported 15 tonnes of ginger in 2019.
Production
The production of ginger in Costa Rica was 7,500 tonnes in 2019 and is predicted to change by an average of -20.26%. The country had approximately 687.00 hectares under ginger cultivation.