Key Market Indicators
In the same period, imports from Malaysia, Thailand and Belarus decreased 7.8%, 2.2% and 5.2% respectively. Costa Rica's microwave oven exports are set to reach 615 units by 2026, up from 511 in 2021. This represents a 3.1% year-on-year increase, with growth since 2005 of 16.8%. In 2021, Costa Rica ranked 53rd in the world, with Lebanon overtaking it with 511 units. Malaysia, Thailand and Belarus came in second, third and fourth respectively. Imports of microwave ovens in Costa Rica dropped to 131,140 in 2018 from 146,870 in 2017, a decrease of 10.7%. Imports from Malaysia, Thailand and Belarus decreased by 7.8%, 2.2% and 5.2% respectively during the same period.
