What is the price of plantains per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica plantains is between US$ 0.72 and US$ 1.67 per kilogram or between US$ 0.33 and US$ 0.76 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of plantains in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for plantains is between CRC 389.67 and CRC 909.24 per kilogram or between CRC 176.72 and CRC 412.35 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica plantains is between US$ 0.50 and US$ 1.17 per kilogram or between US$ 0.23 and US$ 0.53 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica plantains - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of plantains shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 9,234 metric tons. In 2019 Costa Rica exported 5,006 tonnes of plantains. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Costa Rica plantains (vegetables category) has decreased, flactuating by -44.844 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, plantains' exports went down by -44.13 pc bringing the exporter US$2.71m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's plantains exports are classified as:
- Fresh or dried plantains (HS code 080310)
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Costa Rica plantains export values
In 2019, Costa Rica shipped plantains costing 2.71m USD, a decrease of -30.12% from 2018's total plantains export of 3.878m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Costa Rica plantains between 2017 to 2018 was 31.726 percent.
The annual variation in the quantity of Costa Rica's plantains exports between 2017 and 2019 was -44.13 pc when compared to a variation of -44.844% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Costa Rica's stake of the world's total plantains' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds position 78 in world exports of plantains.
Export markets for Costa Rica plantains ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's top export markets for plantains are US, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Netherlands.
Import/Export Trends
Costa Rica is a net importer of plantains. The annual growth of Costa Rica plantains in value between 2015 to 2019 was 163%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 124%, per annum.
Costa Rica bought 13,166 tonnes of plantains in 2019.
Production
The production of plantains in Costa Rica was 222,940 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of 6.16%. The country had an estimated 20,734.00 hectares under plantains cultivation.