Exports - partners:
US 59.4%, El Salvador 7.5%, Honduras 4.8% (2002)
Imports:
$1.7 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products,
consumer goods
Imports - partners:
US 23.7%, Costa Rica 10.3%, Venezuela 10.1%, Guatemala 7.8%, Mexico
6.7%, El Salvador 6%, South Korea 4.6% (2002)
Debt - external:
$5.8 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
Substantial foreign support
Currency:
gold cordoba (NIO)
Currency code:
NIO
Exchange rates:
gold cordobas per US dollar - 14.25 (2002), 13.37 (2001), 12.68
(2000), 11.81 (1999), 10.58 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year