GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

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1 RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE L/ December 1964 Limited Distribution CENTRAL AMERICAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Annual Report (1964) by the Government of Nicaragua Original: Spanish The secretariat has received from the Government of Nicaragua the following report on Nicaragua's trade in 1963 with the other members of the Central American' area (except Costa Rica) under the General Treaty for Central American Economic Integration of 13 December i960. Imports under the General Treaty in 1963 amounted to US$5»170,687 (c.i.f. value), representing per cent of imports whether or not covered by the Treaty, which reached a total of US$7,353»238 during the same period. Exports covered by the General Treaty in I963 amounted to US$3,014,647 (f.o.b. value), representing per cent of exports whether or not covered by the General Treaty, which amounted to US$4,759,006 during the same period, Imports covered by the General Treaty in 1963 represented 4.67 per cent of total imports from all sources, which amounted to US$110,787,096 in that year. Exports covered by the General Treaty in 1963, represented 2.82 per cent of total exports to all countries, which amounted to US$106,766,576 in that year. Attached to this report you will find two lists indicating trade in the principal goods exchanged between Nicaragua and the other Central American countries under the General Treaty for Central American Economic Integration.

2 L/2325 Page 2 ANNEX I PRINCIPAL IMPORTS (1965) NAUCA Description Value o r i-f Edible eggs in the shell 29,003 Rice in the husk 27,954 Maize (corn), unrailled 37,957 Fruit, fresh 46,531 Fruit juices (unfermented) 235,277 Foods, specially prepared for children 33,596 Sugar confectionery and other sugar preparations 414,891 Chocolate and chocolate preparations, including chocolate confectionery: 16,652 Food wastes and prepared animal feed, n.e.s. 25,966 Sauces of all kinds and other similar condiments 100,835 Wine, including grape must: 49,244 Cottonseed 11,062 Oilseeds, oil nuts and oil kernels, n.e.s. 42,995 Seeds, bulbs, tubers and rhizomes 10,331 Cottonseed oil 113,442 Coconut (copra) oil 81,154 Prepared paints, enamels, lacquers, varnishes 167*851 Insulin, human plasma, sulphanilamides of any kind, antibiotics, artificial serums (such as glucosic, physiological, vitaminized or not, etc) put up for sale to the public 215*347 Oil of citronella 17*211 Perfumery, cosmetics, dentifrices and other toilet preparations, except soaps 233*716 Soaps, washing products and detergents 504,094 Synthetic plastic materials in blocks, sheets rods, tubes, powder and other primary forms, including sheets commercially known as "plastic cloth" and artificial resins 49,811 Insecticides and fungicides 45,963 Chemical materials and products, n.e.s. 34,684 Leather, tanned (except furs falling within Headings ) 31,739 Soles, heels and other cut out or made-up leather parts for footwear, other than metal 15,265

3 NAUCA Description Value o.i^f. (US$) Rubber fabricated materials (for example pastes, plates, sheets, rods, thread and tubes) 20, Plywood, including wood faced with veneer sheets t 13, Paper bags for any purpose, printed or not, reinforced or not 290, Exercise books, account books, blank books (ruled or not), albums of all kinds, diaries, folders, files and other office articles n.e.s. of paper or paperboard; protective book covers of paper or paperboard 12, Articles of pulp, of paper and of paperboard n.e.s. 18, Cotton yarn and thread 190, Cotton fabrics, grey (unbleached) 108, Cotton fabrics, other than grey (bleached, dyed, mercerized, printed or otherwise finished) 53* Woollen and worsted fabrics (including fabrics of fine hair) 10* Fabrics of artificial or synthetic fibres, and of spun glass 208* Knitted and crocheted fabrics of any textile fibre 20* Cordage,cables of vegetable fibres 30* Blankets and coverlets of cotton 45* Towels of cotton 105, Quicklime and slaked lime 13, Cement (except hydraulic lime and cement) 19, Building stone 30,980 66I-O9-OO Building materials, n.e.s. 62, Aluminium and aluminium alloys, worked, n.e.s. 59* "01 Finished structural parts, made of iron or steel (including assembled structures) 14, Household utensils of aluminium 15, Metal containers for transport and storage, including empty tin cans 25, Manufactures of base metals, n.e.s. 13* Coffee mills, meat mincers, juice extractors and other similar mechanical appliances, other than electric for domestic or industrial use 13* Electric batteries and accululators, dry 218,436 L/2525 Page 3

4 L/2325 Page 4 NAUCA Description Value c.i.f. (US$) Wooden furniture and fixtures 30, Metal furniture and fixtures 22, Mattresses stuffed with materials of any kind including non-pneumatic rubber mattresses, those reinforced with springs, and box spring raattresses 40, Travel goods (except wickerwork articles) 27, Stockings and socks 13* Underclothing and nightwear, other than knitted 74, Outer garments, other than knitted 12, Clothing of rubberized or oiled fabrics and of other impermeabilized materials 16, Palm hats 35, Clothing and clothing accessories, n.e.s.' 10,107 85I-OI Mules, slippers, babouches and similar house footwear of all materials except rubber 33, Footwear of all kinds, of leather, not including house footwear 21, Footwear of all kinds,of textile materials, not including house footwear 71, Rubber footwear of all kinds 19, Footwear n.e.s. 17, O9 Printed matter, engravings or designs, printed or otherwise reproduced on paper or paperboard n.e.s. 80, Prepared ornamental feathers and articles made of feathers; artificial flowers, foliage or fruit, n.e.s. 20, Table articles, decorative objects and other articles for household use, of plastics 40, II Articles made of plastics, n.e.s. 104, I5 Toys and games 17,744 OTHER IMPORTS ' 249,413 TOTAL 5,170,687

5 1/2325 Page 5. ANNEX II Principal Exports (1963) NAUCA Description Value f.o.b. (US$) Bovine cattle, common 40» Swine, common 437>.l6l Sausages of all kinds 15, Meat extracts and other meat preparations n.e.s. 26, Milk and cream, evaporated, condensed or dried 120, Cheese and curd of any kind 64, Crustaceans and molluscs, fresh, chilled, frozen, 24,911 salted, dried etc Rice not in the husk Maize (com), unmilled 65, Millet 50, Wheat, oats and other cereals, rolled, flaked, pearled or prepared in a similar manner, including prepared breakfast foods and cereal germs (except malt). 12, Bakery products 28,668 O5I-O2-O2 Other citrus fruits, n.e.s. 17, Beans 153» Prepared starches, and feculae for feeding purposes (from yucca, potatoes, cereals and so on) 24,750 O72-OI-OO Cocoa beans 123>l Food wastes and prepared animal feed, n.e.s. 64,l4l Other oilseeds, oilnuts and oil foods, n.e.s. H> Royal cedar ' 33, Vegetable textile fibres except cotton and Jute 45, Palm oil 120, Inorganic acids and anhydrides, n.e.s. 22,6l Prepared paints 91, Cosmetics, dentifrices and other toilet preparations,... n.e.s., including shaving creams and depilatories, etc. 58, Other soaps and cleaning products, n.e.s. 34, Insecticides, fungicides and disinfectants 46, Soles, heels and other cut out or made-up rubber parts for footwear 10, Plywood, including wood faced with veneer sheets 160, Gl-OO Bags and sacks for packing of any textile fibre 12, Zinc and zinc alloys, worked (in bars, rods, plates, sheets, wire, pipes, tubes, castings and forgings), n.e.s. 45,664

6 1/2325 Page 6 NAUCA Description Value f.o.b. (Usfj Finished structural parts made of iron or steel 370, O5-OO Wire netting, wire fencing, wire grills, wire mesh and expanded metal or iron and steel, including barbed wire and wire cloth 17, Nails, bolts, nuts, washers, rivets, screws, tacks, fencing staples and other like articles of any base metal 28, Manufactures of base metals, n.e.s. 29, Stockings and socks 20, Underclothing and nightwear, other than knitted 20, Outer garments, other than knitted 21,322 85I-OI-OO Mules, slippers, babouches and similar house footwear of all materials except rubber 28, Footwear mainly of leather 46, Footwear of textile materials 20, Rubber footwear of all kinds 18, Articles made of plastics, n.e.s. 106,072 OTHER EXPORTS 151»790 TOTAL 3,014,647