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The ongoing economic impact of COVID-19 on Costa Rica has been significant, including a serious decline in tourism.

Based on preliminary projections, Costa Rican coffee production is expected to increase slightly in MY 2021/2022.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is expected to decline about 1 percent in MY 2020/2021 to 4,057,000 MT.

On February 22, 2021, South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) initiated antidumping duty investigations on bone-in chicken imports from...

The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the largest economic contraction in Costa Rica since 1982, decimating the country’s tourism sector, which accounts for 8 percent of GDP.

Two key free trade agreements – the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (or CAFTA-DR) and the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement – have stimulated U.S. agricultural exports...

From January-October 2020, U.S. agricultural and related products exports to Costa Rica reached $591 million.

Costa Rica’s orange production is forecast to decline to 285,000 metric tons (MT) in Marketing Year (MY) 2020/2021.

In 2019, U.S. agricultural and related products exports to Costa Rica reached $723 million.

On November 16, 2020, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) reported the first finding of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus on a commercial poultry farm.

On November 6, 2020, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) reported the first finding of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in a deceased peregrine falcon.

In the summer of 2020, the first mink farms in North Jutland were infected with coronavirus (COVID19).