Sweet Potatoes Prices in Costa Rica
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Local (CRC) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Farmgate | 0.64 | 349 | ▼ 1.2% | n/a | FAOSTAT Producer Prices |
As of June 2026, the sweet potatoes price in Costa Rica available is US$ 0.64 per kg (349 CRC).
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Sweet Potatoes Price History & Trend
Monthly sweet potatoes price, US$ per kg - the line grows each month as we record it. Source: FAOSTAT Producer Prices.
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Costa Rica sweet potatoes - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of sweet potatoes sold by Costa Rica in 2020 was 1,022 metric tons. In 2019 Costa Rica shipped 735 tonnes of sweet potatoes. In 2019 alone, the interest in Costa Rica sweet potatoes (tubers category) has increased, flactuating by 28.947 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sweet potatoes' exports increased by 110.6 percent netting Costa Rica US$0.66m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's sweet potatoes exports are categorised as:
- Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS code 071420)
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Costa Rica sweet potatoes export values
In 2019, Costa Rica supplied sweet potatoes valued at 0.66m USD, a growth of 16.81% from 2018's total sweet potatoes export of 0.565m USD. The yearly increase in value of Costa Rica sweet potatoes between 2017 to 2018 was 100.355 pc.
The annual change in the quantity of Costa Rica's sweet potatoes exports between 2017 and 2019 was 110.6 pc when compared to a variation of 28.947% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Costa Rica's share of the world's total sweet potatoes' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Costa Rica holds position 70 in world exports of sweet potatoes.
Export markets for Costa Rica sweet potatoes ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's leading destinations for sweet potatoes are Canada, the Netherlands, Portugal, France and Nicaragua.
Costa Rica procured 13 tonnes of sweet potatoes in 2019.
Production
The production of sweet potatoes in Costa Rica was 601 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of -7.54%. The country had approximately 201.00 hectares under sweet potatoes cultivation.