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The U. S. is the country's largest trading partner, providing 25 % of Nicaragua's imports and receiving about 60 % of its exports.

About 25 wholly or partly owned subsidiaries of U. S. companies operate in Nicaragua.

The largest of those investments are in the energy, communications, manufacturing, fisheries, and shrimp farming sectors.

Good opportunities exist for further investments in those same sectors, as well as in tourism, mining, franchising, and the distribution of imported consumer, manufacturing, and agricultural goods.

There also are copper mines in northeastern Nicaragua.