What is the price of maize per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica maize is between US$ 2.10 and US$ 3.29 per kilogram or between US$ 0.95 and US$ 1.49 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of maize in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for maize is between CRC 1,141.39 and CRC 1,786.98 per kilogram or between CRC 517.64 and CRC 810.42 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica maize is between US$ 1.47 and US$ 2.30 per kilogram or between US$ 0.67 and US$ 1.04 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica maize - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of maize sold by Costa Rica in 2020 was 6,859 metric tons. In 2019 Costa Rica shipped 133 tonnes of maize. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Costa Rica maize (cereals/grains category) has escalated, recording a change of 411.538 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, maize's exports increased by 18.75 percent netting Costa Rica US$0.11m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's maize exports are classified as:
- Maize (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100590)
- Maize seed for sowing (HS code 100510)
- Hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked maize grains (excluding rolled, flaked, pellets and flour) (HS code 110423)
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Costa Rica maize export values
In 2019, Costa Rica supplied maize with a value of 0.11m USD, an improvement of 478.95% from 2018's total maize export of 0.019m USD. The annual increase in value of Costa Rica maize between 2017 to 2018 was -77.647 pc.
The annual variation in the volume of Costa Rica's maize exports between 2017 and 2019 was 18.75 pc compared to a variation of 411.538% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Costa Rica maize ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's best performing export markets for maize are Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Nicaragua and Honduras.
Costa Rica imported 941,159 tonnes of maize in 2019.
Production
The production of maize in Costa Rica was 18,723 tonnes in 2019 and is projected to change by an average of 11.17%. The country had an estimated 10,380.00 hectares under maize cultivation.