What is the price of milk & cream in Costa Rica?

As of January 2024, milk & cream in Costa Rica is US$ 1.18 per kg (643 CRC), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Costa Rica's world export rank for milk & cream?

Costa Rica ranks #27 among 113 exporters of milk & cream.

How much milk & cream did Costa Rica export in 2024?

Costa Rica exported 42,683 tonnes of milk & cream in 2024.

Is Costa Rica a net exporter or importer of milk & cream?

Costa Rica is a net exporter of milk & cream.

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Milk & Cream Prices in Costa Rica

US$ 1.18 / kg

643 CRC / kg

MoM ▲ 10.2% YoY ▲ 10.2%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (CRC)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	1.18	643	▲ 10.2%	▲ 10.2%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the milk & cream price in Costa Rica available is US$ 1.18 per kg (643 CRC), up 10.2% year-on-year.

Costa Rica exported US$50.48 million (42,683 tonnes) of milk & cream in 2024, ranking #27 among 113 exporters and accounting for 0.4% of global exports, with an 11.7% year-on-year increase. The country is a net exporter of milk & cream. The latest export unit value is US$1.1827 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - milk & cream in Costa Rica

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Costa Rica exported $50.5M (42.7 kt) of milk & cream▲ 11.7% YoY. That ranks #27 worldwide (0.4% of global exports).

$50.5M

Export value

42.7 kt

Export volume

#27 / 113

World rank

0.4%

Global share

$1.18

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top milk & cream exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Germany $1.67B · 13.5%
#2 Netherlands $1.43B · 11.6%
#3 Belgium $1.21B · 9.8%
#4 France $939.8M · 7.6%
#5 New Zealand $938.7M · 7.6%

Annual export data Costa Rica · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$50.5M	42.7 kt	$1.18
2023	$45.2M	42.1 kt	$1.07
2022	$40.3M	45.1 kt	$0.89
2021	$37.5M	43.9 kt	$0.85
2020	$43.6M	50.4 kt	$0.87

HS Code

milk & cream is traded under Harmonized System code 0401. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Costa Rica milk & cream - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The quantity of milk & cream shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 156,906 metric tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica exported 172,010 tonnes of milk & cream. Through 2019 alone, the market for Costa Rica milk & cream (processed category) has gone up, with a change of 11.847 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, milk & cream's exports increased by 15% earning the exporter US$231.54m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's milk & cream exports are categorised as:

Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of > 10%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS code 040150)
Products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not sweetened, n.e.s. (HS code 040490)
Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of > 1% but <= 6%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS code 040120)
Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of > 6%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS code 040130)
Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of <= 1%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS code 040110)
Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of > 6% but <= 10%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (HS code 040140)
Milk and cream, concentrated and sweetened (excluding in solid forms) (HS code 040299)
Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of <= 1,5% (HS code 040210)
Milk and cream, concentrated but unsweetened (excluding in solid forms) (HS code 040291)
Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of > 1,5%, unsweetened (HS code 040221)
Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of > 1,5%, sweetened (HS code 040229)

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Costa Rica milk & cream export values

In 2019, Costa Rica shipped milk & cream with a value of 231.54m USD, an increment of 17.69% from 2018's total milk & cream export of 196.742m USD. The annual growth in value of Costa Rica milk & cream between 2017 to 2018 was 4.533%.

The per year variation in the quantity of Costa Rica's milk & cream exports between 2017 and 2019 was 15 percent in comparison to a variation of 11.847% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for Costa Rica milk & cream ( in '000$ )

Costa Rica's top destinations for milk & cream are Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Belize.

Costa Rica brought in 21,372 tonnes of milk & cream in 2019.

Other Processed Prices in Costa Rica

Latest prices for other processed in Costa Rica:

Coffee$3.87/kg Cocoa Beans$5.10/kg Copra$18.64/kg Natural Honey$143.40/kg Agave syrup$2.39/kg Gin$2.61/kg Yeast$178.46/kg Raw Hides & Skins$0.48/kg Agar$37.93/kg Black Tea$9.32/kg Wheat flour$0.59/kg Fish Oil$1.16/kg Wine$2.50/kg Cocoa shells, husks, skins$1.51/kg Maize (Corn) Oil$0.43/kg

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