Exports - commodities:
coffee, bananas, sugar, pineapples; textiles, electronic
components, medical equipment
Exports - partners:
US 42.6%, Hong Kong 6.9%, Netherlands 6.4%, Guatemala 4.2% (2005)
Imports:
$9.69 billion (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum
Imports - partners:
US 41.3%, Japan 5.6%, Venezuela 4.8%, Mexico 4.8%, Ireland 4.3%,
Brazil 4.2%, China 4.2% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.313 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.049 billion (2005 est.)
Currency (code):
Costa Rican colon (CRC)
Currency code:
CRC
Exchange rates:
Costa Rican colones per US dollar - 477.79 (2005), 437.91 (2004),
398.66 (2003), 359.82 (2002), 328.87 (2001)