Nicaragua Trade

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Nicaragua

2020

Overall Exports and Imports

Exports
Exports (in US$ Mil) 5,087
No. Of products 1,945
No. Of partners 113
Imports
Imports (in US$ Mil) 6,545
No. Of products 3,651
No. Of partners 162

Trade Indicator

HH Market concentration index0.39
Index of export market penetration2.45
World Growth-3.91
Country Growth-2.48

Service Indicators 2020

Service imports (BoP, current US$)614,500,000.00
Service exports (BoP, current US$)943,300,000.00
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)47.15
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)42.32

Nicaragua top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States3,032 59.60
Mexico399 7.84
El Salvador333 6.54
Honduras190 3.74
Costa Rica153 3.00
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States1,656 25.31
China901 13.76
Mexico691 10.56
Guatemala555 8.47
Honduras463 7.07

Nicaragua Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials1,555 30.56 566 8.64 2.53
Intermediate goods1,129 22.19 1,734 26.49 1.13
Consumer goods2,374 46.67 3,313 50.62 1.73
Capital goods30 0.58 931 14.22 1.12

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports
Gold in unwrought fo ...666,642.23
Coffee, not roasted ...438,202.08
T-shirts, singlets a ...407,326.96
Ignition wiring sets ...388,624.63
Frozen boneless bovi ...276,893.23
Imports
Petroleum oils, etc, ...374,406.26
Other medicaments of ...260,997.26
Weft knits or croche ...257,820.25
T-shirts, singlets a ...190,035.45
Petroleum oils and o ...188,127.95

Tariff and Trade Barriers for Nicaragua

Tariffs 2020

No. Of Tariff Agreement 17
Simple Average (%) 3.26
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand) 4,870,836.89
Maximum Rate (%) 82.61
Weighted Average (%) 1.84
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%) 63.52

Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) 2009

OTRI »
Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - MFN Tariff (2009)0.15
Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - Applied Tariff (2009)0.12

Services Service Policy Restrictive Database (SPRD)

SPRD »
Services Trade Restrictions Index - Over All12.80

Non-Tariff Measures (NTM) 2014

No Of NTM Measures (2014)55
No Of NTM Affected Products (HS 6 Digit) (2014)1,026

Temporary Trade Barriers Database (TTDB)

TTDB »
Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Simple Average...
Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Weighted Average...

World Development Indicators (WDI)

2020 WDI »
Population6,465,513
GDP (current US$ Mil)12,621
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)1,850.00
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil)-609.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP)-4.83

Doing Business

2019 Doing Business »
Ease of Doing Business Rank142
Trading Across Borders Rank84

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)

2018 CPIA »
CPIA Trade Ratings4.50

Logistics Performance Index (LPI)

2016 LPI »
LPI Score2.53
LPI Rank102