What is the price of shrimps & prawns in Costa Rica?

As of January 2024, shrimps & prawns in Costa Rica is US$ 10.04 per kg (5,454 CRC), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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Shrimps & Prawns Prices in Costa Rica

US$ 10.04 / kg

5,454 CRC / kg

MoM ▲ 18.6% YoY ▲ 18.6%

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
Mexican	Global benchmark	8.60	4,674	▼ 1.3%	▼ 25.0%	World Bank Pink Sheet
-	Export (unit value)	10.04	5,454	▲ 18.6%	▲ 18.6%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the shrimps & prawns price in Costa Rica available is US$ 10.04 per kg (5,454 CRC), up 18.6% year-on-year.

Costa Rica exported 152 tonnes of shrimps and prawns in 2024, valued at US$1,525,574. The country ranks #64 out of 103 exporters, accounting for 0.0% of global exports and showing a 106.5% year-on-year increase. Costa Rica is a net exporter of shrimps and prawns. The latest export price is US$10.0359 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - shrimps & prawns in Costa Rica

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Costa Rica exported $1.5M (152 t) of shrimps & prawns▲ 106.5% YoY. That ranks #64 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$1.5M

Export value

152 t

Export volume

#64 / 103

World rank

Global share

$10.04

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top shrimps & prawns exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Ecuador $6.23B · 38.1%
#2 India $4.31B · 26.4%
#3 Indonesia $1.08B · 6.6%
#4 Argentina $939M · 5.7%
#5 Thailand $540.6M · 3.3%

Annual export data Costa Rica · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$1.5M	152 t	$10.04
2023	$738.7K	87.3 t	$8.46
2022	$2.7M	228 t	$11.96
2021	$6.1M	566.4 t	$10.81
2020	$6.8M	822.8 t	$8.21

HS Code

shrimps & prawns is traded under Harmonized System code 0306.17. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Costa Rica shrimps & prawns - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The volume of shrimps & prawns shipped by Costa Rica in 2020 was 830 tons. In 2019 Costa Rica shipped 1,011 tonnes of shrimps & prawns. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Costa Rica shrimps & prawns (seafood category) has decreased, with a change of -15.89 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, shrimps & prawns' exports went down by -24.72 pc earning the nation US$10.09m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's shrimps & prawns exports are classified as:

Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030635)
Frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030617)
Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160529)
Frozen shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030613)
Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excluding smoked) (HS code 160521)
Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon") (HS code 030636)
Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 160520)
Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030623)
Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030626)
Shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code 030627)
Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030616)
Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. ones in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code 030695)
Shrimps & prawns, prepared or preserved (HS code 1605Xa)

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Costa Rica shrimps & prawns export values

In 2019, Costa Rica exported shrimps & prawns worth 10.09m USD, a contraction of -20.73% from 2018's total shrimps & prawns export of 12.729m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Costa Rica shrimps & prawns between 2017 to 2018 was -7.607%.

The per year change in the volume of Costa Rica's shrimps & prawns exports between 2017 and 2019 was -24.72 percent compared to a variation of -15.89% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for Costa Rica shrimps & prawns ( in '000$ )

Costa Rica ordered 2,707 tonnes of shrimps & prawns in 2019.

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