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  Table AI.1 
Structure of exports, 2006-2011a 
(US$ million and per cent) 
Description 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 
Total (US$ million) 1,023 1, 236 1,503 1,397  1,846 2,277 
(% of exports) 
Total primary products 86.1 85.3 84.4 84.2 81.7 79.0 
 Agriculture 83.2 82.3 81.3 82.2 78.7 76.6 
  Food 81.9 81.2 80.5 81.4 77.7 75.3 
 0711 Coffee, not roasted, whether or not decaffeinated; coffee husks 
and skins 20.2 15.2 18.4 16.9 18.5 18.9 
 0112 Meat of bovine animals, frozen 5.8 6.3 7.2 10.2 12.7 14.2 
 0361 Crustaceans, frozen 7.0 8.3 6.6 5.9 5.4 4.8 
 0611 Sugars, beet or cane, raw, in solid form 3.4 5.9 3.3 2.6 5.3 4.8 
 0111 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled 8.6 8.2 7.0 6.3 3.9 4.5 
 2221 Groundnuts (peanuts), not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether 
or not shelled or broken 4.2 4.5 6.0 4.7 3.3 4.2 
 0249 Other cheese; curd 2.3 3.0 3.4 3.9 2.6 2.5 
 0612 Other beet or cane sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid 
form 2.4 0.2 0.1 1.0 1.6 2.0 
  Agricultural raw materials 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.4 
 2484 Wood of non-coniferous species, sawn or  chipped lengthwise 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 
 2111 Bovine or equine hides and skins, raw 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 
 2919 Materials of animal origin, n.e.s. 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 
 2511 Waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 
 Mining 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.0 3.0 2.4 
  Ores and other minerals 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.0 1.5 1.2 
 2882 Other non-ferrous base metal waste and scrap, n.e.s. 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.4 
 2821 Waste and scrap of cast iron 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 
 2822 Waste and scrap of alloy steel 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 
  Non-ferrous metals 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 
 6811 Silver (including base metals clad wi th silver), unwrought 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 
  Fuels 1.3 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.2 0.7 
 3340 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.6 
Manufactures 8.2 9.5 10.0 9.0 6.2 4.9 
 Iron and steel 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 
 Chemicals 2.6 3.7 4.0 4.6 1.4 1.1 
 5541 Soap; organic surface-active produc ts and preparations for use as 
soap 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 
 5799 Waste, parings and scrap, of other plastics 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 
 Other semi-manufactures 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.0 0.9 1.2 
 6114 Other bovine leather and equine leather, without hair  on 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.8 
 6421 Cartons and other packing c ontainers, of paper, paperboard, 
wadding or cellulose fibres 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
 Machinery and transport equipment 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.8 
  Power-generating machinery 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 
  Other non-electrical machinery 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 
   Agricultural machinery and tractors 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 
  Office machines and telecommunicati ons equipment 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 
  Other electrical machinery 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
  Automotive products 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
 Textiles 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
 Clothing 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 
 Other consumer goods 2.2 2.1 2.3 1.4 2.6 1.5 
Other 5.7 5.3 5.6 6.8 12.1 16.0 
 Gold 5.7 5.2 5.6 6.7 12.0 16.0 
a Excluding free zone exports. 
Source : WTO Secretariat estimates based on data provided by the Nicaraguan authorities. WT/TPR/S/274 Trade Policy Review 
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  Table AI.2 
Structure of imports, 2006-2011a 
(US$ million and per cent) 
Description 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 
Total (US$ million) 3,002 3, 625 4,345 3,425 4,190 5,048 
(% of imports) 
Total primary products 38.5 40.9 41.4 39.6 39.1 40.5 
 Agriculture 14.7 16.0 17.4 18.5 17.1 18.0 
  Food 14.2 15.5 16.9 17.9 16.4 17.2 
 0989 Food preparations, n.e.s.  1.7 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.6 1.7 
 4211 Soya bean oil and its fractions 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.3 
 4222 Palm oil and its fractions 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.1 
 1110 Non-alcoholic beverages, n.e.s. 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 
 0411 Durum wheat, unmille d 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.0 
 0484 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 
 0421 Rice in the husk (paddy or rough rice) 0.7 1.3 1.7 1.2 0.9 0.8 
  Agricultural raw materials 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 
 Mining 23.8 24.9 24.0 21.1 22.0 22.5 
  Ores and other minerals 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 
  Non-ferrous metals 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 
  Fuels 23.4 24.5 23.7 20.7 21.7 22.1 
 3330 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, 
crude 12.1 11.4 10.4 10.9 11.3 12.2 
Manufactures 60.1 58.9 58.4 60.1 60.8 59.4 
 Iron and steel 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.2 3.4 3.9 
 6741 Flat-rolled products, plated or coated with zinc 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.2 
  6794 Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 
 Chemicals 15.6 15.4 16.2 19.4 18.1 16.7 
 5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. 5.0 4.8 5.2 7.1 6.7 5.0 
 5621 Mineral or chemical fertilizers,  nitrogenous 0.8 0. 8 1.1 1.2 0.7 1.0 
 Other semi-manufactures 8.7 8.7 8.1 8.9 8.3 8.5 
 6252 Tyres, pneumatic, new, of a kind used on buses or lorries 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 
 6612 Cement and slag, whether or not in the form of clinkers 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 
 6424 Paper and paperboard, cut, n.e.s. 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 
 Machinery and transport equipment 21.9 21.1 21.4 19.0 21.8 21.1 
 Power-generating machinery 0.6 0.6 3.0 1.4 3.5 1.2 
 7165 Generating sets 0.3 0.3 1.3 0.1 2.4 0.9 
 Other non-electrical machinery 4.3 4.7 4.3 4.6 5.2 5.5 
  Agricultural machinery and tractors 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 
 Office machines and telecommunications equipment 6.1 5.2 4.3 3.5 4.2 4.3 
 7643 Transmission apparatus for radio 2.3 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.4 0.9 
 7641 Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 
 Other electrical machinery 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.4 
 7731 Wire, cable and other insulated electric conductors 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 
 7781 Batteries and electric accumulators, and parts thereof  0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 
 Automotive products 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.2 
 7821 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.8 1.9 2.0 
 7812 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, n.e.s. 2.6 2.4 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.7 
 Other transport equipment 1.2 1.2 0.1 0.6 0.1 1.4 
 Textiles 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 
 Clothing 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 
 Other consumer goods 8.2 7.6 7.1 7.8 7.4 7.6 
 8931 Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 
Other 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 
a Excluding free zone imports. 
Source :   WTO Secretariat estimates based on da ta provided by the Ni caraguan authorities. Nicaragua WT/TPR/S/274 
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  Table AI.3 
Origin of exports, 2006-2011a 
(US$ million and per cent) 
Description 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 
Total exports (US$ million) 1,023  1,236 1,503 1, 397 1,846 2,277 
(% of exports) 
 America 81.4 82.5 81.2 83.9 83.2 82.0 
  United States 34.2 32.9 32.7 33.0 32.8 30.5 
  Other America 47.3 49.6 48.6 50.8 50.3 51.6 
   Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 0.2 0.5 2.0 8.5 13.5 13.3 
   Canada 4.4 5.6 5.0 3.0 8.5 12.0 
   El Salvador 14.6 13.6 14.8 14.3 10.7 8.7 
   Costa Rica 5.7 7.2 6.9 6.2 4.7 5.1 
   Mexico 4.6 5.2 5.3 4.1 2.8 3.8 
   Guatemala 4.7 5.3 5.0 4.4 3.7 3.1 
   Honduras 9.6 9.0 6.8 7.2 3.3 2.6 
   Panama 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 
   Dominican Republic 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 
 Europe 15.4 13.7 14.3 12.9 10.5 11.2 
  EU(27) 15.3 13.5 14.2 12.8 10.4 10.8 
   United Kingdom 2.2 1.4 2.1 1.3 1.3 1.7 
   Spain 3.4 3.5 2.9 2.6 2.1 1.6 
   Belgium 3.2 2.0 1.9 1.1 1.2 1.5 
   Italy 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 
   Germany 3.0 1.9 1.8 1.1 1.2 1.4 
  EFTA 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 
   Norway 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 
  Other Europe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
 Commonwealth of Independent Stat es (CIS) 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.9 
   Russian Federation 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.3 1.2 0.9 
  Africa 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 
   Nigeria 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 
   Côte d'Ivoire 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 
  Middle East 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 
   United Arab Emirates 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 
  Asia 2.1 2.9 3.8 2.7 4.8 5.4 
   China 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 
   Japan 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 
   Six East Asian Traders 0.7 1.1 1.8 1.3 2.1 3.2 
   Chinese Taipei 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.7 
   Korea, Republic of 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.3 
   Hong Kong, China SAR 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 
   Thailand 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 
   Malaysia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
   Singapore 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
  Other Asia 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.5 0.4 
   Australia 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 
   Viet Nam 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 
   India 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 
 Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
a Excluding free zone exports. 
Source :   WTO Secretariat estimates based on data provided by the Nicaraguan authorities. WT/TPR/S/274 Trade Policy Review 
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  Table AI.4 
Origin of imports, 2006-2011a 
(US$ million and per cent) 
Description 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 
Total imports (US$ million) 3,002  3,626 4,345 3, 425 4,190  5,049 
(% of imports) 
 America 76.5 77.7 75.4 76.4 74.6 74.9 
  United States 20.9 24.1 20.9 20.6 20.7 18.8 
  Other America 55.6 53.6 54.5 55.8 53.9 56.1 
   Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 4.9 5.7 12.0 15.2 17.7 15.7 
   Costa Rica 8.5 8.4 8.0 9.3 8.2 8.6 
   Mexico 14.3 13.0 9.4 7.1 7.7 8.1 
   Guatemala 6.3 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.7 
   El Salvador 4.6 4.5 4.8 5.2 4.6 4.5 
   Netherlands Antilles 2.8 1.2 0.6 2.2 1.2 3.9 
   Honduras 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.9 2.4 2.6 
   Brazil 3.1 2.3 2.2 1.8 1.6 2.0 
   Argentina 2.5 1.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 1.0 
   Canada 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 
 Europe 6.2 5.5 5.4 6.5 5.7 5.7 
  EU(27) 5.6 5.0 5.0 5.9 5.3 5.2 
   Germany 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 
   Spain 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.1 
   Italy 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.6 
   Sweden 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 
   France 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 
  EFTA 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 
   Switzerland and Liechtenstein 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 
   Norway 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 
  Other Europe 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
   Turkey 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
 Commonwealth of Independent Stat es (CIS) 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.6 1.4 
   Russian Federation 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.6 1.3 
 Africa 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 
 Middle East 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 
   Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 
 Asia 15.7 15.6 17.6 15.4 18.6 17.3 
  China 7.0 7.7 7.8 7.7 8.7 9.2 
  Japan 3.7 3.4 2.8 2.3 2.8 2.9 
  Six East Asian Traders 3.4 2.8 4.3 3.3 5.2 3.6 
   Korea, Republic of 1.5 1.2 2.1 1.3 3.4 1.8 
   Thailand 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 
   Chinese Taipei 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 
   Malaysia 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 
   Hong Kong, China SAR 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 
   Singapore 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
  Other Asia 1.6 1.7 2.7 2.2 1.8 1.6 
   India 0.7 0.9 2.1 1.5 1.1 1.0 
 Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
a Excluding free zone imports. 
Source :  WTO Secretariat estimates based on data provided by the Nicaraguan authorities. Nicaragua WT/TPR/S/274 
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  Table AI.5 
Trade in services, 2005-2011 
(US$ million) 
 2005a 2006a 2007a 2008a 2009a 2010a 2011a 
Services balance -139.7 -156.1 -282.9 -223.8 -104.4 -146.2 -178.0 
 Total income 308.5 345.4 373.6 526.3 559.8 573.0 659.5 
  Transport   33.8 42.8 44.1 45.4 45.2 47.3 50.1 
   Passenger 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
   Freight 11.3 12.8 14.5 15.7 15.0 12.9 14.3 
   Other 22.5 30.0 29.6 29.7 30.2 34.4 35.8 
  Travel   206.3 230.6 255.1 301.0 334.4 308.5 377.1 
  Other services   68.4 72.0 74.4 179.9 180.2 217.2 232.3 
   Communications 28.3 29.4 30.5 80.6 75.7 73.0 75.4 
   Construction 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
   Insurance 2.8 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.9 4.3 3.9 
   Financial 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
   Computer and information 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
   Royalties and licence fees 0.0 0.0 0.0 0. 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
   Other business services 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.3 19.9 53.0 66.9 
   Personal, cultural and recreational 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
   Government, n.i.e. 37.3 39.1 40.2 74.7 79.7 86.9 86.1 
 Total expenditure 448.2 501.5 656.5 750.1 664.2 719.2 837.5 
  Transport   233.9 266.9 322.9 346.0 289.4 333.7 366.0 
   Passenger 70.9 91.1 101.1 112.4 108.1 123.6 127.5 
   Freight 163.0 175.8 221.8 233.6 181.3 210.1 238.5 
   Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
  Travel   90.8 97.0 177.8 219.8 191.6 205.3 251.9 
  Other services 123.5 137.6 155.8 184.3 183.2 180.2 219.6 
   Communications 5.1 5.3 5.6 26.9 24.3 28.7 34.3 
   Construction 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
   Insurance 40.8 43.9 56.4 57.9 55.6 66.2 75.9 
   Financial 0.0 6.8 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.2 
   Computer and information 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
   Royalties and licence fees 0.0 0.0 0.0 0. 8 0.8 0.8 0.8 
   Other business services 53.0 55.0 57.0 58.1 60.1 45.6 65.0 
   Personal, cultural and recreational 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 
   Government, n.i.e. 24.6 26.6 31.2 34.6 36.1 32.6 37.1 
a Preliminary figures. 
Source : Central Bank of Nicaragua. 
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