What is the price of beef in Costa Rica?

As of May 2026, beef in Costa Rica is US$ 7.46 per kg (4,056 CRC), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Costa Rica's world rank in beef exports?

Costa Rica ranks #31 among 80 beef exporters.

How much beef did Costa Rica export in 2024?

Costa Rica exported 2,913 tonnes of beef in 2024.

What percentage of global beef exports does Costa Rica represent?

Costa Rica represents 0.1% of global beef exports.

Beef Price in Costa Rica - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Beef Prices in Costa Rica

US$ 7.46 / kg

4,056 CRC / kg

MoM ▼ 0.1% YoY ▼ 0.1%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: May 2026

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (CRC)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Global benchmark	7.95	4,321	▼ 3.2%	▲ 20.1%	World Bank Pink Sheet
-	Export (unit value)	7.46	4,056	▼ 0.1%	▼ 0.1%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the beef price in Costa Rica available is US$ 7.46 per kg (4,056 CRC), down 0.1% year-on-year.

Costa Rica exported US$21,743,153 worth of beef in 2024, totaling 2,913 tonnes and ranking #31 among 80 global exporters. The country holds a net exporter position, accounting for 0.1% of global beef exports and showing a 14.3% year-on-year increase. The latest export price is US$7.4636 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - beef in Costa Rica

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Costa Rica exported $21.7M (2.9 kt) of beef▲ 14.3% YoY. That ranks #31 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$21.7M

Export value

2.9 kt

Export volume

#31 / 80

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$7.46

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top beef exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 US $4.14B · 17.3%
#2 Australia $3.36B · 14%
#3 Netherlands $2.37B · 9.9%
#4 Canada $2.25B · 9.4%
#5 Ireland $2.07B · 8.6%

Annual export data Costa Rica · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$21.7M	2.9 kt	$7.46
2023	$19M	2.5 kt	$7.47
2022	$11.1M	1.5 kt	$7.39
2021	$13.8M	2.2 kt	$6.21
2020	$12.3M	2.3 kt	$5.28

HS Code

beef is traded under Harmonized System code 0201.30. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Costa Rica beef - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The amount of beef exported by Costa Rica in 2020 was 30,472 tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica exported 27,941 tonnes of beef. For 2019 alone, the market for Costa Rica beef (meat category) has surged, with a change of 39.447 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, beef's exports increased by 54.15 pc netting the country US$111.51m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's beef exports are classified as:

Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)

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Costa Rica beef export values

In 2019, Costa Rica exported beef valued at 111.51m USD, an increment of 53.43% from 2018's total beef export of 72.676m USD. The yearly change in value of Costa Rica beef between 2017 to 2018 was 2.353%.

The annual variation in the amount of Costa Rica's beef exports between 2017 and 2019 was 54.15 percent when compared to a variation of 39.447% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Costa Rica's stake of the world's total beef's exports in 2019 was 8.6 percent. Costa Rica is ranked number 2 in world exports of beef.

Export markets for Costa Rica beef ( in '000$ )

Costa Rica's best performing destinations for beef are China, Hong Kong, Honduras, United Kingdom (UK) and Guatemala.

Import/Export Trends

Costa Rica is a net exporter of beef. The annual growth of Costa Rica beef in value between 2015 to 2019 was -7%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -4%, per annum.

Costa Rica brought in 8,809 tonnes of beef in 2019.

Beef Prices Across Central America

Compare the latest beef prices in other Central America countries:

Mexico$9.77/kg Panama$5.76/kg El Salvador$5.92/kg Guatemala$4.80/kg Honduras$5.91/kg Nicaragua$6.95/kg

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