What is the price of rice per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica rice is between US$ 1.37 and US$ 3.31 per kilogram or between US$ 0.62 and US$ 1.50 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of rice in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for rice is between CRC 746.24 and CRC 1,800.38 per kilogram or between CRC 338.43 and CRC 816.50 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica rice is between US$ 0.96 and US$ 2.32 per kilogram or between US$ 0.44 and US$ 1.05 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica rice - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of rice shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 33,788 tons. In 2019 Costa Rica sold 26,248 tonnes of rice. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Costa Rica rice (cereals/grains category) has climbed, with a change of 61.11 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, rice's exports went up by 27.88 percent earning the exporter US$7.61m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's rice exports are categorised as:
- Husked or brown rice (HS code 100620)
- Broken rice (HS code 100640)
- Rice in the husk, "paddy" or rough (HS code 100610)
- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS code 100630)
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Costa Rica rice export values
In 2019, Costa Rica exported rice worth 7.61m USD, an increase of 61.02% from 2018's total rice export of 4.726m USD. The yearly increase in value of Costa Rica rice between 2017 to 2018 was -20.357 pc.
The annual variation in the amount of Costa Rica's rice exports between 2017 and 2019 was 27.88 per cent compared to a variation of 61.11% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Costa Rica's share of the world's total rice's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 19 in world exports of rice.
Export markets for Costa Rica rice ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's top export markets for rice are Panama, Brazil, Russia, US and Nicaragua.
Import/Export Trends
Costa Rica is a net exporter of rice. The annual growth of Costa Rica rice in value between 2015 to 2019 was 61%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was 68%, per annum.
Costa Rica imported 404,610 tonnes of rice in 2019.
Production
The production of rice in Costa Rica was 1,025,572 tonnes in 2019 and is projected to change by an average of -2.85%. The country had an estimated 253,256.00 hectares under rice cultivation.