Imports and Exports by product group, 2003
	(Thousands of U.S. Dollars)
			Costa Rica		El Salvador		Guatemala		Honduras		Nicaragua
	CATEGORY NO.1	DESCRIPTION	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports
	1	Animals & Animal Products	56,588	164,562	136,120	46,904	120,842	21,739	55,034	180,631	23,976	209,412
	2	Vegetable Products	284,444	1,290,025	245,397	140,293	260,169	758,954	136,167	556,830	63,907	172,452
	3	Animal Or Vegetable Fats	13,416	64,119	89,746	10,913	88,198	65,987	26,553	63,698	56,888	6,548
	4	Prepared Foodstuffs	239,726	404,594	320,074	239,940	401,141	451,461	275,770	209,680	136,021	75,973
	5	Mineral Products	590,353	42,680	644,264	67,190	958,004	222,245	323,362	28,736	293,636	10,385
	6	Chemical Products	833,169	350,655	533,969	149,856	990,941	393,069	341,455	70,973	302,906	15,097
	7	Plastics & Rubber	477,847	233,579	270,121	69,062	430,794	137,178	211,025	22,974	96,769	4,113
	8	Hides & Skins	41,154	51,487	17,316	6,102	27,740	6,202	5,378	795	4,044	5,508
	9	Wood & Wood Products	24,611	19,986	26,152	2,588	15,065	19,739	16,271	54,273	4,182	14,470
	10	Wood Pulp Products	343,287	80,696	216,287	122,895	333,530	66,845	189,978	19,488	72,396	2,909
	11	Textiles & Textile Articles	383,455	334,552	217,300	156,736	395,942	156,062	1,859,896	2,743,666	50,830	1,709
	12	Footwear, Headgear	51,665	906	53,610	19,291	56,806	21,691	12,906	3,381	16,779	1,194
	13	Articles Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos	88,792	66,325	68,521	8,519	87,770	46,026	42,447	5,553	33,097	11,334
	14	Pearls, Precious Or Semi-Precious Stones, Metals	28,053	31,545	4,787	333	8,164	1,566	2,352	68,577	679	35,338
	15	Base Metals & Articles Thereof	485,736	131,697	308,418	130,975	447,386	121,031	187,477	44,409	119,523	9,200
	16	Machinery & Mechanical Appliances	2,630,894	1,935,437	692,402	47,300	1,132,158	96,674	566,525	124,264	310,438	5,564
	17	Transportation Equipment	400,913	25,084	337,174	1,962	730,643	13,937	244,713	60,348	113,898	865
	18	Instruments - Measuring, Musical	292,993	529,563	79,087	4,293	94,491	3,007	34,865	344	50,621	267
	19	Arms & Ammunition	1,680		2,534	45	6,499		2,222		817	0
	20	Miscellaneous	118,713	42,790	103,049	29,275	132,052	31,149	60,384	61,260	41,490	1,551
	21	Works Of Art	662	91	122	0	384	88	32	18	190	91
	22	Commodities specified at chapter level only	18	10	0	0	0	0	12,151	0	41,976	314
	23	Commodities not elsewhere specified	0	0	15,392	440	0	0	193,542	60,372	718	193
		TOTAL	7,388,169	5,800,383	4,381,842	1,254,912	6,718,719	2,634,650	4,800,505	4,380,270	1,835,781	584,487
	Notes:
	1 See Techincal Notes
	Source:
	United Comtrade database