What is the price of pork in Costa Rica?

As of January 2024, pork in Costa Rica is US$ 4.14 per kg (2,251 CRC), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Costa Rica's world rank in pork exports?

Costa Rica ranks #66 out of 86 exporters.

What is the latest export price for pork from Costa Rica?

The latest export price is US$4.1423 per kg.

Pork Price in Costa Rica - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Pork Prices in Costa Rica

US$ 4.14 / kg

2,251 CRC / kg

MoM ▲ 4.0% YoY ▲ 4.0%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (CRC)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	4.14	2,251	▲ 4.0%	▲ 4.0%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the pork price in Costa Rica available is US$ 4.14 per kg (2,251 CRC), up 4.0% year-on-year.

Costa Rica exported 26 tonnes of pork in 2024, valued at US$107,024, ranking #66 among 86 global exporters and accounting for 0.0% of world exports. Export volumes declined by 44.4% year-on-year. The latest export price for pork is US$4.1423 per kg. Costa Rica is a net exporter of pork.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - pork in Costa Rica

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Costa Rica exported $107K (25.8 t) of pork▼ 44.4% YoY. That ranks #66 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$107K

Export value

25.8 t

Export volume

#66 / 86

World rank

Global share

$4.14

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top pork exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 US $6.55B · 18.1%
#2 Spain $6.34B · 17.5%
#3 Germany $4.05B · 11.2%
#4 Canada $3.18B · 8.8%
#5 Brazil $2.83B · 7.8%

Annual export data Costa Rica · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$107K	25.8 t	$4.14
2023	$192.5K	48.3 t	$3.98
2022	$1.1M	349.5 t	$3.05
2021	$1.3M	441.7 t	$2.85
2020	$6.1M	2.2 kt	$2.72

HS Code

pork is traded under Harmonized System code 0203. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Costa Rica pork - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The quantity of pork shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 2,523 metric tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica sold 803 tonnes of pork. Across 2019 alone, the demand for Costa Rica pork (meat category) has surged, flactuating by 60.6 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, pork's exports increased by 7.64 percent bringing the nation US$2.43m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's pork exports are categorised as:

Frozen edible livers of swine (HS code 020641)
Prepared or preserved shoulders and cuts thereof, of swine (HS code 160242)
Meat of swine, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (excluding hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, and bellies and cuts thereof) (HS code 021019)
Fresh or chilled carcases and half-carcases of swine (HS code 020311)
Fresh or chilled hams, shoulders and cuts thereof of swine, with bone in (HS code 020312)
Frozen hams, shoulders and cuts thereof of swine, with bone in (HS code 020322)
Fresh or chilled edible offal of swine (HS code 020630)
Prepared or preserved meat and offal of swine, incl. mixtures (excluding hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purpose, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) (HS code 160249)
Edible offal of swine, frozen (excluding livers) (HS code 020649)
Frozen meat of swine (excluding carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in) (HS code 020329)
Frozen carcases and half-carcases of swine (HS code 020321)
Fresh or chilled meat of swine (excluding carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in) (HS code 020319)

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Costa Rica pork export values

In 2019, Costa Rica exported pork with a value of 2.43m USD, a growth of 45.60% from 2018's total pork export of 1.669m USD. The yearly growth in value of Costa Rica pork between 2017 to 2018 was -31.345%.

The yearly change in the amount of Costa Rica's pork exports between 2017 and 2019 was 7.64 pc in comparison to a variation of 60.6% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Costa Rica's stake of the world's total pork's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 29 in world exports of pork.

Export markets for Costa Rica pork ( in '000$ )

Costa Rica's top export markets for pork are Vietnam, Honduras, Guatemala, US and Panama.

Import/Export Trends

Costa Rica is a net importer of pork. The annual growth of Costa Rica pork in value between 2015 to 2019 was 9%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 8%, per annum.

Costa Rica procured 14,436 tonnes of pork in 2019.

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