What is the price of sweet corn per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica sweet corn is between US$ 0.34 and US$ 0.58 per kilogram or between US$ 0.15 and US$ 0.27 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of sweet corn in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for sweet corn is between CRC 185.25 and CRC 317.58 per kilogram or between CRC 84.01 and CRC 144.03 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica sweet corn is between US$ 0.24 and US$ 0.41 per kilogram or between US$ 0.11 and US$ 0.19 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica sweet corn - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of sweet corn shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 102 tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica exported 74 tonnes of sweet corn. For 2019 alone, the market for Costa Rica sweet corn (vegetables category) has decreased, recording a change of -69.295 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sweet corn's exports went down by -65.58% earning the country US$0.11m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's sweet corn exports are classified as:
- Sweetcorn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excluding frozen) (HS code 200580)
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Costa Rica sweet corn export values
In 2019, Costa Rica supplied sweet corn valued at 0.11m USD, a decrease of -67.16% from 2018's total sweet corn export of 0.335m USD. The yearly change in value of Costa Rica sweet corn between 2017 to 2018 was 10.561%.
The per year variation in the volume of Costa Rica's sweet corn exports between 2017 and 2019 was -65.58 pc compared to a variation of -69.295% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Costa Rica sweet corn ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's best performing export markets for sweet corn are Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Costa Rica purchased 5,162 tonnes of sweet corn in 2019.