# Guatemala exports to Nicaragua: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Guatemala to Nicaragua, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/GTM-NIC/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Guatemala reported $736.5M in goods exports to Nicaragua. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $736.5M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 64.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 38 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 6.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 600622 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, dyed | $308.1M | 2.3% | High attention |
| 2 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $283.8M | 0% | Stable |
| 3 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $74.9M | 8.6% | High attention |
| 4 | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $49.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 271600 | Electrical energy | $26.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 481810 | Paper: toilet paper | $58.5M | 3.4% | High attention |
| 7 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $34.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | $23.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $59.2M | 23.4% | Stable |
| 10 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $48.0M | 30.9% | Stable |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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