Part 3, No. 60-9 T HIS report presents a statistical summary of some of the important aspects of Nicaragua's foreign trade. Annual statistics for total trade and trade with the United States for the years 1936 through 1938 and 1948 through 1958 are given in table 1. Nicaraguan trade for the years 1957 and 1958, by principal countries and principal commodities, is shown in tables 2 through 6; principal items in trade with the United States are presented in tables 7 and 8. Comparable data for earlier years are available in Foreign Trade of Nicaragua 1953-55, World Trade Information Service, part 3, No. 56-33. The data have been compiled from official Nicaraguan trade statistics, as published in the Memoria de la Recaudacion General de Aduanas. The trade statistics represent "general" trade. Imports include all arrivals other than goods for direct transit or transshipment; exports include both the produce and manufactures of Nicaragua and reexports of imported merchandise. Imports are credited to the country of origin and exports to the country of destination, so far as possible. In the following tables, figures on trade with the United States have been adjusted to include trade with Puerto Rico, which is part of the United States customs area. The data include exports and imports of currency and gold. The values of coin, banknotes, securities, and unmanufactured gold included in the export totals during 1936-38 and 1948-58 were as follows, in thousands of dollars: 862; 918; 1,571; 7,933; 7,826; 8,130; 9,407; 8,988; 8,822; 8,159; 8,101; 7,358; 6,957; and 7,324. The values foreign trade of Nicaragua 1957-58 THE UNIVERSITY JUN 28 1960 MAIN READING ROOM of monetary items included in the import totals are small. Exports are valued f. o. b., Nicaraguan port or frontier. Prior to 1955, imports were valued f. o. b., foreign port of shipment; thereafter, they are valued c. i. f., Nicaraguan port or frontier. Beginning 1946, the monetary unit employed in recording Nicaraguan trade statistics is the United States dollar. The gold cordoba, equivalent to the dollar, was used prior to 1946. The Nicaraguan quantity units used in the tables and their United States equivalents are: Kilogram equals 2.2046 pounds; metric ton, 2,204.6 pounds; and liter, 0.264178 gallon. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN COMMERCE Frederick H. Mueller, Secretary Loring K. Macy, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. and by U. S. Department of Commerce Paper, paperboard, and manufactures, total..... United States..................................... Cotton fabrics, total...1,000 yards.. Iron and steel tubes, pipes, and fittings, except cast iron, total... United States......................................... Belgium-Luxembourg........................ Germany 3/............................................................ United Kingdom........................................ Other countries......................................... Iron and steel semimanufactures, Power-generating machinery, except Harvesting, threshing, and sorting ........................ Tractors, total..............number.. United States......... Just enala. Tatted Kingdom... Cher countries... 3,042 1,980 2,363 1,753 3,477 1,685 1,847 899 Cattle...... 1,486 2,106 372 475 .........number.. Crustacea and mollusks..... 319 360 376 26 1,013 1,639 22,035 67,121 69,954 3,985 6,358 1,630 2,158 22,912 28,511 24,231 3,496 3,863 1,000 bd. feet.. Cedar sawlogs and veneer logs 1,621 91 1,000 bd. feet.. Pinewood, simply sawn or planed 1,000 bd. feet.. Mahogany wood, simply sawn or planed 1,000 bd. feet.. Cedar wood, simply sawn or planed 2,772 28,004 20,751 2,060 179 3,868 220 213 324 35 1,000 bd. feet.. Cotton, raw, except linters........... Chicle gum, crude............................................. Ipecacuanha root................................. Silver, unworked and partly worked kilograms. 160 Gold bars and ingots....... do. 1,570 1,490 2,175 1,402 286 1,747 261 50 20 759 41 63 Clothing, total................................. 1,000 74 699 34 98 Table 5.-Exports of Principal Commodities, 1957-58 Quantity (metric tons, except as indicated) Value (thousands of dollars) 3,112 12,109 907 Iron and steel finished structural parts, including assembled structures Wire netting, fencing, and barbed wire. Nails, bolts, screws, and similar articles of base metals.............. Handtools............ 2,228 912 2,042 2,753 1,172 1,681 371 323 678 649 2,578 7,472 2,183 2,686 1 896 1,124 3,457 5,528 14 3,540 891 413 82 1,388 476 43 119 60 45 383 374 1,735 2,110 512 718 PP Mara factures of metals, other......... Internal combustion, diesel, and semidiesel engines, except aircraft engines........ ............number.. Power-generating machinery, except electric, other...................... Harvesting, threshing, and sorting machinery..... Tractors............... Office machinery............................................ Pumps for liquids..................... Construction and mining machinery..... Sewing machines...............mumber.. Air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, except domestic refrigeratore............... Nonelectric machinery and equipment, other......********** Electrio generators, motors, transformere, and switchgear..... Radio apparatus for telegraphy, telephony, television, and radar......... Cables and wire, insulated............ Electrie machinery and equipment, Passenger care................mumber.. Buses, trucks, and other road motor vehicles, except motorcycles 4,217 5,578 355 3906 305 432 - ... --- ར་ 53 1572 |