Professional Camera → Costa Rica

Professional Camera is generally allowed for personal-use carriage into Costa Rica.

Details

Professional Camera is generally allowed for personal-use carriage into Costa Rica. Dirección General de Aduanas treats single-unit personal effects as routine; no declaration required unless quantities suggest commercial intent (typically 5+ identical units). Pacific Alliance / Mercosur / CAFTA-DR / USMCA / Andean Community preferential treatment for member-state goods. Personal-import duty-free threshold is 500 USD; carriage above the threshold attracts duty + 13% VAT.

Leaving with this item

Professional camera equipment may be exported from Costa Rica freely at personal-use quantities.

Practical advice

Walk the Green Channel for single-unit personal effects. For multiple units or high-value items, declare at Red Channel + present purchase receipts. Dirección General de Aduanas publishes the current personal-allowance schedule at https://www.hacienda.go.cr/dga/.

Customs authority

Dirección General de Aduanas · https://www.hacienda.go.cr/dga/