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Trade Policy Review Body    
 
 
TRADE POLICY REVIEW  
REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT  
NICARAGUA  
Corrigendum  
On page  32, the fourth sentence of paragraph 3.20 should read as follows : 
3.20. Goods that have not been wholly obtained or produced entirely in the territory of one of the 
signator ies must satisfy certain substantial transformation criteria, mainly based on change of tariff 
classification.  
On page  33, notes  "a" and "c" to Table 3.4 Preferential rules of origin , should read as follows :  
a Refers to the existence of provisions in accordance with which inputs from non -beneficiary 
trading partners  that are not parties to the Agreement are deemed to be originating . 
c De minimis  refers to the permissible limits on the use of materials from non -beneficiary trading 
partners  which otherwise would not be accepted . 
On page  35, paragraph  3.28 should read as follows : 
3.28. Nicaragua grants preferential treatment to imports originating in the trading partners  with 
which it has preferential trade agreements (Table 3.7). Most imports originating in the CACM enter 
duty-free, except for sugar and coffee . Nicaragua also extends preferential treatment to imports 
from trading partners  with which it has signed plurila teral and bilateral agreements . 
On page  77, the column headings in Table 4.5 Air transport agreements, 2020 , should read as 
follows : Trading 
partner  
Date 
concluded  
Entry into 
force  
5th freedom 
7th freedom 
Cabo tage 
Coopera tion
a 
Design ation
b 
Ownership +
c 
Pricingd 
Capaci tye 
Statisticsf 
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  On page  84, Table  A1.3 Merchandise exports by trading partner, 2012 -19, should be replaced by 
the following : 
Table  A1.3 Merchandise exports by trading partner , 2012 -19 
(USD million and  %) 
Descrip tion 2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019   
(USD million ) 
Total exports  4,551 4,594 4,974 4,667 4,592 4,926 5,014 5,273  
(% of exports ) 
America 88.3 88.5 88.7 89.1 89.0 85.5 85.8 86.7 
United States  46.2 45.3 48.4 53.7 55.1 58.6 61.1 61.7 
Other America 42.2 43.3 40.3 35.3 33.9 26.8 24.7 25.0 
El Salvador  5.5 4.8 4.6 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 
Mexico 10.6 13.2 12.4 11.1 13.7 6.6 5.6 5.6 
Honduras  2.5 2.9 3.1 3.7 3.3 3.5 4.4 4.7 
Costa Rica  2.8 2.8 3.1 2.8 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 
Guatemala  1.8 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.6 2.4 
Canad a 7.1 7.1 5.0 1.3 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.9 
Panam a 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  9.8 8.4 7.8 6.2 2.5 2.4 0.4 0.3 
Dominican Republic  0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.3 
Europ e 7.7 7.3 6.7 6.7 6.7 8.5 8.0 7.8 
EU (28) 7.5 7.1 6.5 6.5 6.6 8.4 7.9 7.6 
Spain  1.3 1.8 1.9 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 
Germany  0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.5 1.4 1.2 
United Kingdom  1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.1 
Belgium  1.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.0 
Franc e 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 
EFTA 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 
Other Europe  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Commonwealth of 
Independent States (CIS)  0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 
Russian Federation  0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 
Africa 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 
Ghana  0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 
Mauritania  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 
Côte d'Ivoire  0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 
South Africa  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 
Middle East  0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 
United Arab Emirates  0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
Jordan  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 
Asia 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 5.0 5.3 4.6 
China  0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.4 0.5 
Japan 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 
Other Asia 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.6 4.0 3.5 3.8 
Chinese Taipei  1.0 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.6 2.5 1.9 2.2 
Korea, Rep ublic of 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 
Hong Kong, China  0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.3 
Australia  0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 
New Zealand  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 
Malaysia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 
Viet Nam  0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 
India 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 
Thailand  0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 
Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Source : WTO Secretariat calculations  based on data from the UNSD Comtrade database and the Nicaraguan 
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  On page  85, Table A1.4 Merchandise imports by trading partner, 2012 -19, should be replaced by 
the following : 
Table  A1.4 Merchandise imports by trading partner , 2012 -19 
(USD million and  %) 
Descrip tion 2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019   
(USD million ) 
Total imports  6,030 5,499 5,746 5,866 7,476 7,704 7,351 6,985  
(% of imports ) 
America 74.2 71.1 68.7 66.0 66.3 67.9 72.2 72.9 
United States  18.0 16.5 16.3 18.0 22.3 23.5 27.8 28.3 
Other America  56.2 54.7 52.4 48.0 44.0 44.4 44.4 44.6 
Mexico 7.4 8.4 9.5 10.4 11.2 11.0 10.1 10.0 
Honduras  2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 6.2 6.7 7.7 8.7 
Guatemala  5.7 6.4 6.5 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.6 
Costa Rica  7.7 8.7 8.1 8.2 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.2 
El Salvador  4.5 5.1 4.9 5.2 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.4 
Ecuador  0.1 0.2 0.1 1.2 1.4 0.6 0.7 2.8 
Brazil 1.8 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.2 
Colombia  0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 2.3 1.0 
Argentina  0.6 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.8 0.6 
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian Republic 
of 13.4 1.9 7.9 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.4 
Europ e 6.2 6.3 6.1 7.6 6.1 6.5 5.6 5.7 
EU (28) 5.8 5.7 5.7 7.2 5.7 5.9 5.1 5.1 
Germany  1.1 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 
Spain  1.8 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.0 
Italy 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 
Franc e 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 
Netherlands  0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 
EFTA 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 
Switzerland  0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 
Other Europe  0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 
Turkey 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 
Commonwealth of 
Independent States (CIS)  1.4 1.8 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 
Russian Federation  1.3 1.7 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 
Belarus 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 
Africa 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
Middle East  0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 
Israel  0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 
Saudi Arabia,  
Kingdom of  0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 
Asia 17.7 20.4 24.0 24.8 26.6 24.7 21.1 20.2 
China  9.6 11.5 14.9 14.4 15.4 15.2 13.2 12.8 
Japan 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.5 1.9 2.1 1.6 1.4 
Other Asia  5.2 6.3 6.6 7.8 9.4 7.4 6.2 6.0 
India 1.2 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.0 1.6 1.7 
Korea, Rep ublic of  1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.5 
Chinese Taipei  0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 
Viet Nam  0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 
Thailand  1.2 1.6 1.8 2.3 1.9 1.0 0.5 0.5 
Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Sourc e: WTO Secretariat calculations  based on data from the UNSD Comtrade database and the Nicaraguan 
authorities . 
 
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