The union of exporters estimates that between January and November of 2017 they have sold goods and services abroad worth $2.473 billion, 20% more than in the same period in 2016.
According to estimates by the Association of Producers and Exporters of Nicaragua (APEN) during the first 11 months of this year total exports added up to $2.47315 billion, these exceed by 20% the $2.05667 billion recorded in sales abroad in the same period in 2016
From October to December 2012, exports from the group of nine Latin American coffee producing countries, with the exception of Brazil, grew by 15.75%.
The National Coffee Association of Guatemala (Anacafe) said in a statement that their exports of quality coffee from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Peru, joined the 6,135,414 60 kilo bags, in the quarter from October to December 2012.
The export sector in 2013 estimated sales of $ 3 billion, a growth of 10 to 12% compared to 2012.
According to Azucena Castillo, general manager of the Association of Producers and Exporters of Nicaragua (APEN), growth will be driven by an increase in export volumes, since on the subject of prices, there are threats to commodities such as coffee and sugar.
Nicaraguan roots and tubers are now being packed in the country with export volumes increasing year on year, mainly going to the United States and Puerto Rico.
Of the $37 million traded in ExpoApen 2012, $14 million was related to sales of roots and tubers.
The same situation occurred in the latest edition of the Fresh Summit 2012 food fair, held in California, where the most sought after Nicaraguan products were malanga coco, malanga lila, and quiquisque.
Sugar sales were $55.6 million in February 2012, $34 million more than in February last year, meanwhile producers claim that there is a large interest in purchases by Russian factories.
Sugar exports increased by 20% at the beginning of the year, said Mario Amador, Executive Director of the National Committee of Sugar Producers, CNPA.
According to data provided by the Center for Exports (Cetrex), up to February 2011, sales of the sweetener had generated income for the country by the order of U.S. $21.5 million versus the $55.6 million generated in the same period in 2012 .
In 2010 the country's food exports from the north to the isthmus increased by 25%.
Product sales from Mexico to the Central American countries totaled more than $644 million last year, far exceeding the previous year's figures.
This significant increase has led to an improvement in the results of the trade balance, growth from sales in recent years has generated a trade surplus that has reversed the previous downward trend.