China to Costa Rica FCL freight rates 2026 — container rates and booking notes
Latest FCL rates from China to Costa Rica — quoted 5 November 2026
Port-to-port ocean freight, per container, in USD. Dry-container rates hold for sailings 9–15 Nov 2026; NOR rates hold for 10–16 Nov 2026. Confirm against your cargo ready date before you book.
| Destination port | 20GP | 40HQ | Dry free time (days) |
Dry rate valid | NOR | NOR free time (days) |
NOR rate valid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica | USD 6,900 | USD 7,450 | 21 | 9–15 Nov 2026 | USD 5,800 | 14 | 10–16 Nov 2026 |
| San José, Costa Rica | USD 7,600 | USD 8,150 | 21 | 9–15 Nov 2026 | — | 14 | 10–16 Nov 2026 |
How these rates are quoted — read before you book
- Loading ports at the base rate. Qingdao, Yantian, Xiamen, Ningbo and Shanghai are all quoted at the same level — one base rate covers all five gateways.
- Other loading ports. Tianjin: dry containers at the base level, NOR +USD 150. Dalian: dry containers at the base level, NOR +USD 100. Nansha: +USD 100 on both equipment types. Lianyungang: +USD 300. Nanjing: +USD 400.
- Overweight surcharge. Charged when the gross weight, container tare included, exceeds 20 tonnes for a 20ft unit or 23 tonnes for a 40NOR: +USD 250 to Mexico and +USD 400 to every other destination on the sheet.
- What the rate covers. Ocean freight port-to-port only, per container. Origin handling, export declaration, THC and documentation, destination THC and destination charges, import duty and final delivery are additional and are quoted separately.
- The two free-time columns. Days allowed at destination before detention or demurrage starts, counted from discharge — 21 days on the dry container and 14 days on the NOR box, where shown. Free time is confirmed with the booking; the figure on this sheet is the desk's standing allowance, not a contractual guarantee.
- What NOR means. A non-operating reefer: a refrigerated container carried as a dry box. It is a normal option for general cargo, but it depends on empty reefer equipment at the loading port, and it does not always price below the dry rate — see Manzanillo, Mexico on this sheet, where the NOR is quoted far above the 40HQ.
- Validity windows are short. Dry rates are held for one week (9–15 Nov 2026) and NOR for a different week (10–16 Nov 2026). If your cargo readiness moves outside those windows, the rate is re-quoted.
- Market direction, 5 November 2026. Our desk's read: NOR levels have already been cut and dry-container rates may still come down. If your cargo is not urgent, it is worth re-checking the week before you fix a booking.
Send the commodity, gross weight, volume, the loading port in China and the delivery address in Costa Rica to sales8015@goodhopefreight.com and we will confirm the sailing, the free time and the all-in cost.