RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE L/2325 23 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 70.32 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 63.35 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.
L/2325 Page 2 ANNEX I PRINCIPAL IMPORTS (1965) NAUCA Description Value o r i-f. 025-01-00 042-01-00 044-01-00 051-01-00 053-04-02 055-02-04 062-01 073-01 081-09-02 099-09-04 112-01 221-06-00 221-09-00 292-05-00 412-03-00 412-07-00 533-03 541-09-03-03 551-02-00-02 552-01 552-02-03-02 599-01 599.02-00-03 599-09 611-01 612-03-01 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 613-01-00) 31,739 Soles, heels and other cut out or made-up leather parts for footwear, other than metal 15,265
NAUCA Description Value o.i^f. (US$) 621-01 Rubber fabricated materials (for example pastes, plates, sheets, rods, thread and tubes) 20,685 631-02-00 Plywood, including wood faced with veneer sheets t 13,676 642-01-01 Paper bags for any purpose, printed or not, reinforced or not 290,241 642-03-00 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 12,921 642-09 Articles of pulp, of paper and of paperboard n.e.s. 18,947 651-03-00 Cotton yarn and thread 190,351 652-01 Cotton fabrics, grey (unbleached) 108,824 652-02 Cotton fabrics, other than grey (bleached, dyed, mercerized, printed or otherwise finished) 53*256 653-02 Woollen and worsted fabrics (including fabrics of fine hair) 10*731 653-05 Fabrics of artificial or synthetic fibres, and of spun glass 208*357 653-07-00 Knitted and crocheted fabrics of any textile fibre 20*993 655-06-01-02 Cordage,cables of vegetable fibres 30*587 656-03-05-02 Blankets and coverlets of cotton 45*340 656-04-03-01 Towels of cotton 105,695 661-01-00 Quicklime and slaked lime 13,084 661-02-00 Cement (except hydraulic lime and cement) 19,237 661-03-00 Building stone 30,980 66I-O9-OO Building materials, n.e.s. 62,392 684-02 Aluminium and aluminium alloys, worked, n.e.s. 59*999 699"01 Finished structural parts, made of iron or steel (including assembled structures) 14,435 699-14 Household utensils of aluminium 15,152 699-21 Metal containers for transport and storage, including empty tin cans 25,261 699-29 Manufactures of base metals, n.e.s. 13*293 716-13-01 Coffee mills, meat mincers, juice extractors and other similar mechanical appliances, other than electric for domestic or industrial use 13*352 721-02-00 Electric batteries and accululators, dry 218,436 L/2525 Page 3
L/2325 Page 4 NAUCA Description Value c.i.f. (US$) 821-01 Wooden furniture and fixtures 30,770 821-02 Metal furniture and fixtures 22,989 821-09-01 Mattresses stuffed with materials of any kind including non-pneumatic rubber mattresses, those reinforced with springs, and box spring raattresses 40,333 831-01 Travel goods (except wickerwork articles) 27,799 841-01 Stockings and socks 13*363.841-04 Underclothing and nightwear, other than knitted 74,395 841-05 Outer garments, other than knitted 12,577 841-07 Clothing of rubberized or oiled fabrics and of other impermeabilized materials 16,689 841-11-01-02 Palm hats 35,888 841-19 Clothing and clothing accessories, n.e.s.' 10,107 85I-OI Mules, slippers, babouches and similar house footwear of all materials except rubber 33,944 851-02 Footwear of all kinds, of leather, not including house footwear 21,663 851-03 Footwear of all kinds,of textile materials, not including house footwear 71,679 851-04-00 Rubber footwear of all kinds 19,665 851-09 Footwear n.e.s. 17,303 892-O9 Printed matter, engravings or designs, printed or otherwise reproduced on paper or paperboard n.e.s. 80,634 899-04 Prepared ornamental feathers and articles made of feathers; artificial flowers, foliage or fruit, n.e.s. 20,664 899-07 Table articles, decorative objects and other articles for household use, of plastics 40,162 899-II Articles made of plastics, n.e.s. 104,108 899-I5 Toys and games 17,744 OTHER IMPORTS ' 249,413 TOTAL 5,170,687
1/2325 Page 5. ANNEX II Principal Exports (1963) NAUCA Description Value f.o.b. (US$) 001-01-02 Bovine cattle, common 40»003 001-03-02 Swine, common 437>.l6l 013-01-00 Sausages of all kinds 15,372 013-09-00 Meat extracts and other meat preparations n.e.s. 26,114 022-00-00 Milk and cream, evaporated, condensed or dried 120,474 024-01-00 Cheese and curd of any kind 64,918 031-03-00 Crustaceans and molluscs, fresh, chilled, frozen, 24,911 salted, dried etc. 042-02-00 Rice not in the husk 172 152 044-01-00 Maize (com), unmilled 65,764 045-09-01 Millet 50,329 048-01-00 Wheat, oats and other cereals, rolled, flaked, pearled or prepared in a similar manner, including prepared breakfast foods and cereal germs (except malt). 12,894 048-04-00 Bakery products 28,668 O5I-O2-O2 Other citrus fruits, n.e.s. 17,981 054-02-01 Beans 153» 566 055-04-01 Prepared starches, and feculae for feeding purposes (from yucca, potatoes, cereals and so on) 24,750 O72-OI-OO Cocoa beans 123>l64 081-09-00 Food wastes and prepared animal feed, n.e.s. 64,l4l 221-09-02 Other oilseeds, oilnuts and oil foods, n.e.s. H>352 243-03-02 Royal cedar ' 33,421 265-09-00 Vegetable textile fibres except cotton and Jute 45,668 412-06-00 Palm oil 120,039 511-01-00 Inorganic acids and anhydrides, n.e.s. 22,6l4 533-03-01 Prepared paints 91,667 552-01-12 Cosmetics, dentifrices and other toilet preparations,... n.e.s., including shaving creams and depilatories, etc. 58,694 552-02-03 Other soaps and cleaning products, n.e.s. 34,775 599-02-00 Insecticides, fungicides and disinfectants 46,454 612-03-02 Soles, heels and other cut out or made-up rubber parts for footwear 10, 286 631-02-00 Plywood, including wood faced with veneer sheets 160,297 656-Gl-OO Bags and sacks for packing of any textile fibre 12, 212 686-02-00 Zinc and zinc alloys, worked (in bars, rods, plates, sheets, wire, pipes, tubes, castings and forgings), n.e.s. 45,664
1/2325 Page 6 NAUCA Description Value f.o.b. (Usfj 699-01-00 Finished structural parts made of iron or steel 370,996 699-O5-OO Wire netting, wire fencing, wire grills, wire mesh and expanded metal or iron and steel, including barbed wire and wire cloth 17,271 699-07-00 Nails, bolts, nuts, washers, rivets, screws, tacks, fencing staples and other like articles of any base metal 28,344 699-29-00 Manufactures of base metals, n.e.s. 29,976 841-01-00 Stockings and socks 20,138 841-04-00 Underclothing and nightwear, other than knitted 20,012 841-05-00 Outer garments, other than knitted 21,322 85I-OI-OO Mules, slippers, babouches and similar house footwear of all materials except rubber 28,248 851-02-00 Footwear mainly of leather 46,674 851-03-00 Footwear of textile materials 20,317 851-04-00 Rubber footwear of all kinds 18,082 899-11 Articles made of plastics, n.e.s. 106,072 OTHER EXPORTS 151»790 TOTAL 3,014,647