# Peru exports to Nicaragua: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Peru reported $30.3M 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 | $30.3M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 56.7% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 3 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.4 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 25.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271019 | Not reported | $505.7M | 35.5% | High attention |
| 2 | 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $63.3M | 23.6% | Watch |
| 3 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $30.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 360200 | Explosives, prepared: other than propellent powders | $18.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 300450 | Medicaments: containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail sale | $29.3M | 3.2% | Watch |
| 7 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $59.2M | 75.2% | Watch |
| 8 | 690722 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 0.5% but not over 10% | $10.1M | 33.9% | Watch |
| 9 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $38.9M | 7.4% | Watch |
| 10 | 482020 | Paper and paperboard: exercise books | $12.0M | 69.3% | 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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