What is the price of pig fat per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica pig fat is between US$ 9.86 and US$ 19.73 per kilogram or between US$ 4.47 and US$ 8.95 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of pig fat in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for pig fat is between CRC 5,360.33 and CRC 10,720.65 per kilogram or between CRC 2,430.99 and CRC 4,861.97 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2026, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica pig fat is between US$ 6.90 and US$ 13.81 per kilogram or between US$ 3.13 and US$ 6.26 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica pig fat - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of pig fat shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 5 tons. In 2019 Costa Rica shipped 86 tonnes of pig fat. In 2019 alone, the market for Costa Rica pig fat (meat category) has increased, recording a change of 32.308 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, pig fat's exports went down by -21.82 pc earning Costa Rica US$0.12m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's pig fat exports are categorised as:
- Pig fat, free of lean meat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (HS code 020910)
- Pig fat, rendered or otherwise extracted (excluding lard) (HS code 150120)
- Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (HS code 020900)
- Pig fat, incl. lard, and poultry fat, rendered or otherwise extracted (excluding lard stearin and lard oil) (HS code 150100)
- Lard, rendered or otherwise extracted (excluding lard stearin and lard oil) (HS code 150110)
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Costa Rica pig fat export values
In 2019, Costa Rica supplied pig fat with a value of 0.12m USD, an increment of 118.18% from 2018's total pig fat export of 0.055m USD. The yearly growth in value of Costa Rica pig fat between 2017 to 2018 was -47.619 pc.
The yearly change in the quantity of Costa Rica's pig fat exports between 2017 and 2019 was -21.82 percent in comparison to a variation of 32.308% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Costa Rica pig fat ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's top destinations for pig fat are Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Costa Rica procured 319 tonnes of pig fat in 2019.