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Three products may retain preferences

3 agricultural products, coffee, beef and peanuts, would retain preferential treatment under the new tariff imposed by the United States on Nicaraguan exports.

AgroLatam.com (s. f.)

AgroLatam.com. (s. f.). ¿Cómo impactará el nuevo arancel de EE. UU. a Nicaragua? https://www.agrolatam.com/actualidad-latam/arancel-estados-unidos-nicaragua-exportaciones-impacto-agro/

US to impose a 12.5% tariff

A 12.5% tariff will be imposed by the United States on part of Nicaragua's exports, increasing pressure on competitiveness and access to the country's main market.

AgroLatam.com (s. f.)

AgroLatam.com. (s. f.). ¿Cómo impactará el nuevo arancel de EE. UU. a Nicaragua? https://www.agrolatam.com/actualidad-latam/arancel-estados-unidos-nicaragua-exportaciones-impacto-agro/

United States to impose a 12.5% tariff

28/07/2026 Go to Evidence

A 12.5% tariff will be imposed by the United States on part of Nicaragua's exports, increasing market-access costs and uncertainty for the export sector.

AgroLatam.com (2026)

AgroLatam.com. (2026, 28 de julio). ¿Cómo impactará el nuevo arancel de EE. UU. a Nicaragua? https://www.agrolatam.com/actualidad-latam/arancel-estados-unidos-nicaragua-exportaciones-impacto-agro/

Three agricultural products may be exempt

28/07/2026 Go to Evidence

3 agricultural products, coffee, beef and peanuts, may be exempt from the new United States tariff, subject to their tariff classification and compliance with rules of origin.

AgroLatam.com (2026)

AgroLatam.com. (2026, 28 de julio). ¿Cómo impactará el nuevo arancel de EE. UU. a Nicaragua? https://www.agrolatam.com/actualidad-latam/arancel-estados-unidos-nicaragua-exportaciones-impacto-agro/

Zero Tariffs in the Caribbean

14/03/2024 Go to Evidence

Nearly 70% of the tariff universe of agri-food products enjoys a preferential tariff of zero in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago (FAO and IDB, 2024).

FAO y BID (2024)

FAO y BID. 2024. Oportunidades y desafíos del comercio agroalimentario entre los países del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana y la Comunidad del Caribe .

High tariffs in CARICOM

14/03/2024 Go to Evidence

43% of agrifoods in CARICOM have tariffs above 15%, almost three times more than in SICA countries, except for the Dominican Republic (FAO and IDB, 2024).

FAO y BID (2024)

FAO y BID. 2024. Oportunidades y desafíos del comercio agroalimentario entre los países del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana y la Comunidad del Caribe .

Differences in non-tariff measures

12/02/2024 Go to Evidence

48% of Salvadoran imports are subject to at least one non-tariff measure, compared to only 16% of Honduran imports (Kelleher & Reyes, 2014).

Kelleher & Reyes (2014)

Kelleher, S; Reyes, J-D. 2014. Technical Measures to Trade in Central America: Incidence, Price Effects, and Consumer Welfare (en línea). s.l., The World Bank, (Policy Research Working Papers). 38 p. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6857.

Standards Required for Swiss Palm Oil

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

3 private sustainability standards (RSPO, ISCC and POIG) are required as binding obligation for preferential tariff treatment in Switzerland under CEPA (Larrea et al., 2021).

3 estándares privados de sostenibilidad (RSPO, ISCC y POIG) son requeridos como obligación vinculante para tratamiento arancelario preferencial en Suiza bajo el CEPA (Larrea et al., 2021).

Increase corn imports

15/01/2009 Go to Evidence

250% increased corn imports in Mexico between 1994 and 2006 under NAFTA framework, showing a significant increase in external dependency (Arroyo, 2009).

250% aumentaron las importaciones de maíz en México entre 1994 y 2006 bajo el marco del TLCAN, evidenciando un incremento significativo en la dependencia externa (Arroyo, 2009).

Macías Uribe, C. (2019). World Agricultural Trade Reform, Insertion of Mexico´s agricultural sector under NAFTA and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, 1994-2012. Textual, 74, 13-49.

European subsidies

03/01/2002 Go to Evidence

14.8 billion dollars was the base amount of export subsidies from the European Union, reducing to 9.4 billion dollars in 2000, making it the world's largest provider of such support (de Gorter, Ingco, & Ruiz, 2002, p. 4).

14,800 millones de dólares fue el monto base de subsidios a la exportación de la Unión Europea, que se reduciría a 9,400 millones en el año 2000, siendo el mayor otorgante mundial de estos apoyos (de Gorter, Ingco, & Ruiz, 2002, p. 4).

Macías Uribe, C. (2019). World Agricultural Trade Reform, Insertion of Mexico´s agricultural sector under NAFTA and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, 1994-2012. Textual, 74, 13-49.