Nicaraguan Economy Showing Signs of Recovery

During July the IMAE registered -4% year-on-year variation, a drop that is less than those reported in April, May and June, months in which due to the crisis generated by the covid-19, production reported contractions of 10%, 8% and 6%, in that order.

Friday, October 16, 2020

In the seventh month of the year, agricultural activity grew by 9.7% (2.1% in the accumulated January-July), due to increased work and production in the cultivation of coffee, corn, beans, rice, sorghum, and peanuts, among other agricultural products, reported the Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN).

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According to the BCN report "... Fishing and aquaculture decreased 2.7% (0.5% growth in the accumulated January-July), as a result of lower production of shrimp; and capture of fish, shrimp and other fisheries products. However, the capture of lobster registered growth.

The manufacturing industry registered a 1.8% decrease (-5.8% in the accumulated January-July), as a result of lower production in machinery and equipment, textiles, meat and fish products, beverages, among others; and growth in other foods, tobacco, oil derivatives, non-metallic, among others.

Construction activity decreased by 5.2% (3.9% growth in cumulative January-July). Among the construction materials that most contributed to this result are: blocks, sand, asphalt, among others.
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