What is the price of sardines per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica sardines is between US$ 0.94 and US$ 5.13 per kilogram or between US$ 0.43 and US$ 2.33 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of sardines in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for sardines is between CRC 511.68 and CRC 2,790.48 per kilogram or between CRC 232.05 and CRC 1,265.52 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica sardines is between US$ 0.66 and US$ 3.59 per kilogram or between US$ 0.30 and US$ 1.63 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica sardines - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of sardines sold by Costa Rica in 2020 was 3,385 tons. In 2019 Costa Rica shipped 2,615 tonnes of sardines. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Costa Rica sardines (fish category) has decreased, changing by -2.571 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sardines' exports went down by -7.92 pc netting Costa Rica US$5.28m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's sardines exports are classified as:
- Frozen sardines Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.", sardinella "Sardinella spp." and brisling or sprats "Sprattus sprattus" (HS code 030371)
- Fresh or chilled sardines "Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.", sardinella "Sardinella spp.", brisling or sprats "Sprattus sprattus" (HS code 030243)
- Prepared or preserved sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces (excluding minced) (HS code 160413)
- Fresh or chilled sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus) (HS code 030261)
- Frozen sardines "Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.", sardinella "Sardinella spp.", brisling or sprats "Sprattus sprattus" (HS code 030353)
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Costa Rica sardines export values
In 2019, Costa Rica sold sardines with a value of 5.28m USD, a contraction of -4.64% from 2018's total sardines export of 5.537m USD. The yearly change in value of Costa Rica sardines between 2017 to 2018 was -15.09 per cent.
The yearly variation in the volume of Costa Rica's sardines exports between 2017 and 2019 was -7.92 pc compared to a variation of -2.571% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Costa Rica's portion of the world's total sardines' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Costa Rica is ranked number 42 in world exports of sardines.
Export markets for Costa Rica sardines ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Costa Rica is a net importer of sardines. The annual growth of Costa Rica sardines in value between 2015 to 2019 was -11%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -9%, per annum.
Costa Rica procured 5,302 tonnes of sardines in 2019.