Overview of best prospect sectors, major infrastructure projects, significant government procurements and business opportunities.
Last Published: 7/21/2019
If one can navigate the significant market challenges, Nicaragua enjoys significant economic resources.  It has an ecologically diverse geography, making it a desirable tourist destination.  Its well-developed traditional exports production – coffee, beef, sugar and peanuts – serve as a source of foreign currency; reserves of gold and other valuable minerals; a highly organized and sophisticated private sector committed to a free economy; ready access to major shipping lanes; and a young labor force that supports the manufacturing sector.  

The Central America – Dominican Republic – United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) has expanded/enhanced market opportunities for U.S. exports to Nicaragua. The agreement has also expanded/enhanced opportunities for Nicaraguan exports to the United States, especially for meat, dairy, seafood, agricultural produce and processed foods.

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