What is the price of mackerel per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica mackerel is between US$ 0.59 and US$ 2.44 per kilogram or between US$ 0.27 and US$ 1.11 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of mackerel in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for mackerel is between CRC 318.26 and CRC 1,326.09 per kilogram or between CRC 144.34 and CRC 601.40 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica mackerel is between US$ 0.41 and US$ 1.71 per kilogram or between US$ 0.19 and US$ 0.77 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica mackerel - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of mackerel exported by Costa Rica in 2020 was 36 metric tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica sold 76 tonnes of mackerel. Through 2019 alone, the market for Costa Rica mackerel (fish category) has gone down, recording a change of -57.542 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, mackerel's exports reduced by -54.22 pc netting Costa Rica US$0.11m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's mackerel exports are categorised as:
- Frozen mackerel "Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus" (HS code 030354)
- Prepared or preserved mackerel, whole or in pieces (excluding minced) (HS code 160415)
- Fresh or chilled mackerel "Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus" (HS code 030244)
- Fresh or chilled jack and horse mackerel "Trachurus spp." (HS code 030245)
- Frozen jack and horse mackerel "Trachurus spp." (HS code 030355)
- Frozen mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) (HS code 030374)
- Fresh or chilled mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) (HS code 030264)
- Fresh or chilled Indian mackerels "Rastrelliger spp.", seerfishes "Scomberomorus spp.", jacks, crevalles "Caranx spp.", silver pomfrets "Pampus spp.", Pacific saury "Cololabis saira", scads "Decapterus spp.", capelin "Mallotus villosus", Kawakawa "Euthynnus affinis", bonitos "Sarda spp.", marlins, sailfishes and spearfish "Istiophoridae" (HS code 030249)
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Costa Rica mackerel export values
In 2019, Costa Rica shipped mackerel worth 0.11m USD, a drop of -58.96% from 2018's total mackerel export of 0.268m USD. The annual change in value of Costa Rica mackerel between 2017 to 2018 was 8.943 pc.
The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Costa Rica's mackerel exports between 2017 and 2019 was -54.22 percent in comparison to a variation of -57.542% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Costa Rica's stake of the world's total mackerel's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Costa Rica is ranked position 42 in world exports of mackerel.
Export markets for Costa Rica mackerel ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Costa Rica is a net importer of mackerel. The annual growth of Costa Rica mackerel in value between 2015 to 2019 was -23%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was -21%, per annum.
Costa Rica bought 1,446 tonnes of mackerel in 2019.