Shipped Where
Imported from Nicaragua, 2025
$5 billion
Share of all US imports
0.1%
Rank among sources
#57 of 218
Arrived by ship
65%

Nicaragua is the 57th largest source of US imports: $5 billion in 2025.

That is 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is insulated wire, cable and other insulated electrical conductors, followed by t-shirts, gold and sweaters & hoodies.

What the US buys from Nicaragua

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Insulated wire, cable and other insulated electrical conductors$818M · 16.5%
  2. 02T-shirts$690M · 13.9%
  3. 03Gold$647M · 13.0%
  4. 04Sweaters & hoodies$568M · 11.5%
  5. 05Coffee$397M · 8.0%
  6. 06Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes$387M · 7.8%
  7. 07Frozen beef$280M · 5.7%
  8. 08Men's suits, jackets and pants$145M · 2.9%
All 23 products from Nicaragua
  1. 09Women's or girls' blouses and shirts, knitted or crocheted$133M · 2.7%
  2. 10Fresh and chilled beef$132M · 2.7%
  3. 11Men's or boys' shirts, not knitted or crocheted$88.5M · 1.8%
  4. 12Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers$71.3M · 1.4%
  5. 13Cheese$55.8M · 1.1%
  6. 14Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers$53.3M · 1.1%
  7. 15Shrimp, crab and other crustaceans$45.1M · 0.9%
  8. 16Garments not elsewhere specified, knitted or crocheted$38.6M · 0.8%
  9. 17Leguminous vegetables, dried shelled$29.7M · 0.6%
  10. 18Sugar$28.2M · 0.6%
  11. 19Track suits, ski-suits and swimwear, not knitted or crocheted$24.3M · 0.5%
  12. 20Fish, fresh or chilled$20.7M · 0.4%
  13. 21Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses etc.$19.8M · 0.4%
  14. 22Women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties$16.7M · 0.3%
  15. 23Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted$14.6M · 0.3%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from Nicaragua by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Nicaragua, 2025. Letters match the list.

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65% of goods from Nicaragua arrived by ship. Port Everglades, FL handled 18% on its own.

  1. APort Everglades, FL $871M · 17.6%
  2. BMiami Airport, FL $831M · 16.8%
  3. CLaredo, TX $749M · 15.1%
  4. DMiami, FL $617M · 12.4%
  5. EWilmington, NC $429M · 8.7%
  6. FHouston, TX $298M · 6.0%

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