# Nicaragua exports to El Salvador: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Nicaragua reported $418.8M in goods exports to El Salvador. 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 | $418.8M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 87.8% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 17 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 6.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 020130 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $126.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 040630 | Dairy produce: cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | $97.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $50.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 040690 | Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | $57.0M | 0.3% | High attention |
| 5 | 020110 | Meat: of bovine animals, carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled | $20.3M | 6.4% | High attention |
| 6 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $65.7M | 6.7% | Watch |
| 7 | 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.s. in heading no. 1901 | $39.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 040610 | Dairy produce: fresh cheese (including whey cheese), not fermented, and curd | $20.2M | 74.3% | Critical attention |
| 9 | 020220 | Meat: of bovine animals, cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozen | $14.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 80 volts, not fitted with connectors | $68.9M | 0% | Watch |

## 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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