What is the price of tilapia per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica tilapia is between US$ 5.24 and US$ 8.09 per kilogram or between US$ 2.38 and US$ 3.67 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of tilapia in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for tilapia is between CRC 2,846.55 and CRC 4,399.21 per kilogram or between CRC 1,290.95 and CRC 1,995.11 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica tilapia is between US$ 3.67 and US$ 5.67 per kilogram or between US$ 1.66 and US$ 2.57 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica tilapia - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of tilapia exported by Costa Rica in 2020 was 3,386 metric tons. In 2019 Costa Rica shipped 5,641 tonnes of tilapia. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Costa Rica tilapia (fish category) has improved, with a change of 4.386 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tilapia's exports increased by 2.83 pc netting the nation US$34.17m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's tilapia exports are classified as:
- Fresh or chilled fillets of tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030431)
- Fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, of tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp." (HS code 030531)
- Frozen fillets of tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030461)
- Fresh or chilled tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030271)
- Smoked tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp.", incl. fillets (excluding offal) (HS code 030544)
- Frozen tilapia "Oreochromis spp." (HS code 030323)
- Frozen meat, whether or not minced, of tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp." (excluding fillets) (HS code 030493)
- Tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp.", salted or in brine only (excluding fillets and offal) (HS code 030564)
- Fresh or chilled meat, whether or not minced, of tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp." (excluding fillets) (HS code 030451)
- Dried tilapia "Oreochromis spp.", catfish "Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.", carp "Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.", eels "Anguilla spp.", Nile perch "Lates niloticus" and snakeheads "Channa spp.", even salted but not smoked (excl. fillets and offal) (HS code 030552)
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Costa Rica tilapia export values
In 2019, Costa Rica supplied tilapia worth 34.17m USD, a reduction of -5.08% from 2018's total tilapia export of 35.998m USD. The annual reduction in value of Costa Rica tilapia between 2017 to 2018 was -5.278 percent.
The annual variation in the amount of Costa Rica's tilapia exports between 2017 and 2019 was 2.83 percent in comparison to a variation of 4.386% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Costa Rica tilapia ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica brought in 8,520 tonnes of tilapia in 2019.