What is the price of cotton per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica cotton is between US$ 2.56 and US$ 4.13 per kilogram or between US$ 1.16 and US$ 1.88 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cotton in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for cotton is between CRC 1,391.00 and CRC 2,247.00 per kilogram or between CRC 630.84 and CRC 1,019.05 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2026, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica cotton is between US$ 1.79 and US$ 2.89 per kilogram or between US$ 0.81 and US$ 1.31 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica cotton - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of cotton shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 1,695 metric tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica exported 2,279 tonnes of cotton. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Costa Rica cotton (processed category) has escalated, with a change of 4.589 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cotton's exports grew by 17.35 pc earning Costa Rica US$2.05m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's cotton exports are categorised as:
- Cotton yarn waste, incl. thread waste (HS code 520210)
- Cotton waste (excluding yarn waste, thread waste and garnetted stock) (HS code 520299)
- Cotton, neither carded nor combed (HS code 520100)
- Garnetted stock of cotton (HS code 520291)
- Cotton, carded or combed (HS code 520300)
- Cotton linters (HS code 140420)
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Costa Rica cotton export values
In 2019, Costa Rica sold cotton worth 2.05m USD, a contraction of -6.52% from 2018's total cotton export of 2.193m USD. The yearly change in value of Costa Rica cotton between 2017 to 2018 was 26.471 percent.
The yearly change in the amount of Costa Rica's cotton exports between 2017 and 2019 was 17.35 percent in comparison to a variation of 4.589% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Costa Rica cotton ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's leading destinations for cotton are Belgium, South Korea, El Salvador, China and US.
Costa Rica brought in 7,348 tonnes of cotton in 2019.