# Nicaragua exports to Guatemala: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Nicaragua reported $130.4M in goods exports to Guatemala. 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 | $130.4M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 77.5% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 15 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 26.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $108.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 020130 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $32.8M | 27.6% | High attention |
| 3 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $50.4M | 7.5% | Watch |
| 4 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $89.7M | 31.1% | High attention |
| 5 | 040390 | Dairy produce: buttermilk, curdled milk or cream, kephir, fermented or acidified milk or cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sweetening, flavouring, fruit or cocoa (excluding yoghurt) | $15.5M | 1.7% | High attention |
| 6 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $22.0M | 71.3% | High attention |
| 7 | 550953 | Yarn: (not sewing thread), of polyester staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, not put up for retail sale | $18.8M | 37.9% | Watch |
| 8 | 520513 | Cotton yarn: (not sewing thread), single, of uncombed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 232.56 but not less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 but not exceeding 52 metric number), not for retail sale | $29.3M | 53.8% | High attention |
| 9 | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $40.7M | 35% | High attention |
| 10 | 520523 | Cotton yarn: (not sewing thread), single, of combed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 232.56 but not less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 but not exceeding 52 metric number), not for retail sale | $60.8M | 50.6% | High attention |

## 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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