Purchases of fruit and vegetables by the American nation will go from $8.3 to $9 billion between January and August 2014.
The Department of Agriculture in the United States has recorded increases in imports of fresh and processed vegetables, processed fruits and juices, confectionery, meat and derivatives of chocolate and coffee.
From an article by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER) has:
Meanwhile the purchase of consumer goods grew by only 9%, which is attributed to the higher added value in domestic production.
Laprensa.com.ni reports that "Nicaragua’s imports have grown at a slower pace than its exports, which helps to stem the growth of the trade deficit. Between January and November last year the country invested $5.307 billion in the purchase of goods and products, representing a rise of 11.7 percent compared to the same period in 2011. "
Rising prices of meat caused by cattle smuggling from Guatemala to Mexico could be solved by imports from Nicaragua or Honduras.
The president of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, admitted the possibility of importing meat from Nicaragua and Honduras as a final solution to the rising price of meat, which has been fueled by cattle smuggling to Mexico, given the high prices in the northern nation.