What is the price of palm oil per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica palm oil is between US$ 0.84 and US$ 5.57 per kilogram or between US$ 0.38 and US$ 2.52 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of palm oil in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for palm oil is between CRC 455.11 and CRC 3,025.47 per kilogram or between CRC 206.40 and CRC 1,372.09 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica palm oil is between US$ 0.59 and US$ 3.90 per kilogram or between US$ 0.27 and US$ 1.77 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica palm oil - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of palm oil shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 255,684 metric tons. In 2019 Costa Rica shipped 234,931 tonnes of palm oil. In 2019 alone, the market for Costa Rica palm oil (processed category) has decreased, with a change of -0.81691758 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, palm oil's exports went up by 21.99 percent bringing Costa Rica US$127.09m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's palm oil exports are classified as:
- Crude palm kernel and babassu oil (HS code 151321)
- Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excluding chemically modified and crude) (HS code 151190)
- Palm kernel and babassu oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excluding crude) (HS code 151329)
- Crude palm oil (HS code 151110)
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Costa Rica palm oil export values
In 2019, Costa Rica supplied palm oil costing 127.09m USD, a decrease of -18.31% from 2018's total palm oil export of 155.571m USD. The yearly change in value of Costa Rica palm oil between 2017 to 2018 was 6.073%.
The yearly variation in the amount of Costa Rica's palm oil exports between 2017 and 2019 was 21.99 percent when compared to a variation of -0.81691758% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Costa Rica palm oil ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's leading destinations for palm oil are Mexico, the Netherlands, Guatemala, Spain and Germany.
Costa Rica ordered 80,462 tonnes of palm oil in 2019.
Production
The production of palm oil in Costa Rica was 4,327,200 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of -0.55%. The country had an estimated 306,880.00 hectares under palm oil cultivation.