Current account balance:
$-970 million (2003)
Exports:
$6.176 billion (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
coffee, bananas, sugar; pineapples; textiles, electronic
components, medical equipment
Exports - partners:
US 14.2%, Guatemala 3%, Nicaragua 2.7% (2003)
Imports:
$7.057 billion (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum
Imports - partners:
US 23.2%, Mexico 4.7%, Venezuela 3.2% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$1.836 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$5.366 billion (2003 est.)
Currency:
Costa Rican colon (CRC)