What is the price of onions per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica onions is between US$ 0.48 and US$ 0.96 per kilogram or between US$ 0.22 and US$ 0.44 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of onions in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for onions is between CRC 261.68 and CRC 523.37 per kilogram or between CRC 118.68 and CRC 237.36 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica onions is between US$ 0.34 and US$ 0.67 per kilogram or between US$ 0.15 and US$ 0.31 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica onions - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of onions exported by Costa Rica in 2020 was 2,280 tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica sold 7,904 tonnes of onions. In 2019 alone, the demand for Costa Rica onions (vegetables category) has reduced, changing by -34.742 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, onions' exports went up by 28.48 pc bringing the country US$6.31m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's onions exports are classified as:
- Onions, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (HS code 200120)
- Onions provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption (HS code 071110)
- Dried onions, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (HS code 071220)
- Fresh or chilled onions and shallots (HS code 070310)
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Costa Rica onions export values
In 2019, Costa Rica shipped onions valued at 6.31m USD, a contraction of -11.58% from 2018's total onions export of 7.136m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Costa Rica onions between 2017 to 2018 was 15.995 pc.
The yearly change in the amount of Costa Rica's onions exports between 2017 and 2019 was 28.48% when compared to a variation of -34.742% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Costa Rica's stake of the world's total onions' exports in 2019 was 4.5%. The country holds position 7 in world exports of onions.
Export markets for Costa Rica onions ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's top export markets for onions are El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Spain and US.
Import/Export Trends
Costa Rica is a net exporter of onions. The annual growth of Costa Rica onions in value between 2015 to 2019 was 11%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 11%, per annum.
Costa Rica bought 16,232 tonnes of onions in 2019.
Production
The production of onions in Costa Rica was 644,064 tonnes in 2019 and is projected to change by an average of -1.21%. The country had approximately 19,184.00 hectares under onions cultivation.