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Nicaragua

Library Updates

Export - 7/11/2022, NI-105

Import - 2/28/2022, NI-01

Export Requirements

Last update Jul 11, 2022

  1. Poultry and poultry products (except as indicated in the Ineligible Products section below)
  2. Beef and beef products
  3. Pork and pork products

Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from or slaughtered within:

  1. California  
    1. The State of California on or after September 8, 2018 and before September 3, 2020.
  2. Colorado
    1. LaPlata County on or after April 19, 2022; 
    2. Montrose County on or after April 19, 2022; 
    3. Pitkin County, CO on or after April 8, 2022; and

    4. Weld County on or after April 29, 2022. 

  3. Connecticut
    1. Fairfield County on or after March 29, 2019 and before July 18, 2019.
  4. Delaware

    1. Kent County on or after March 17, 2022 and before May 26, 2022; and 

    2. New Castle County on or after February 22, 2022 and before June 24, 2022. 

  5. Idaho  

    1. Ada County on or after May 10, 2022; 

    2. Canyon County on or after May 9, 2022;

    3. Gooding County on or after April 14, 2022; and

    4. Madison County on or after April 20, 2022. 

  6. Indiana
    1. Allen County on or after on June 7, 2022;
    2. Dubois County on or after February 8, 2022 and before June 14, 2022; 
    3. Elkhart County, on or after April 8, 2022 and before June 18, 2022; and 
    4. Greene County on or after February 23, 2022 and before May 31, 2022. 
  7. Iowa
    1. Bremer County on or after April 21, 2022;
    2. Buena Vista County on or after March 6, 2022 and before June 23, 2022; 
    3. Cherokee County on or after March 31, 2022; 
    4. Franklin County on or after March 25, 2022 and before May 25, 2022; 
    5. Guthrie County on or after March 28, 2022 and before June 24, 2022; 
    6. Hamilton County on or after March 28, 2022 and before May 26, 2022; 
    7. Hardin County on or after April 5, 2022; 
    8. Humboldt County on or after April 2, 2022 and before May 29, 2022; 
    9. Osceola County on or after March 31, 2022 and before June 22, 2022; 
    10. Sac County on or after April 2, 2022 and before June 20, 2022; and
    11. Taylor County on or after March 10, 2022 and before June 3, 2022. 
  8. Kansas

    1. Dickinson County on or after March 18, 2022; 

    2. Franklin County on or after March 11, 2022;

    3. McPherson County on or after April 13, 2022; and 

    4. Republic County on or after April 27, 2022. 

  9. Kentucky
    1. Fulton County on or after February 12, 2022 and before May 8, 2022; and 
    2. Webster County on or after February 15, 2022 and before May 14, 2022. 
  10. Maine
    1. Cumberland County on or after March 22, 2022.
  11. Maryland
    1. Cecil County on or after March 4, 2022; and
    2. Queen Anne’s County on or after March 8, 2022 and before June 5, 2022. 

  12. Michigan 

    1. Menominee County on or after April 13, 2022;

    2. Muskegon County on or after May 10, 2022; and

    3. Wexford County on or after April 28, 2022. 

  13. Minnesota
    1. Becker County on or after April 3, 2022; 
    2. Big Stone County on or after April 5, 2022 and before June 4, 2022; 
    3. Blue Earth County on or after April 13, 2022 and before June 24, 2022; 

    4. Chisago County on or after May 11, 2022;

    5. Crow Wing County on or after May 10, 2022;

    6. Dakota County on or after May 21, 2022;

    7. Dodge County on or after April 3, 2022 and before June 26, 2022; 

    8. Kandiyohi County on or after March 29, 2022;

    9. Lac Qui Parle County on or after March 29, 2022 and before June 30, 2022; 

    10. Le Sueur County on or after April 3, 2022 and before June 25, 2022; 

    11. Lyon County on or after May 3, 2022;

    12. Meeker County on or after March 25, 2022 and before July 4, 2022;*

    13. Morrison County on or after March 31, 2022; 

    14. Otter Tail County on or after April 8, 2022; 

    15. Renville County on or after April 8, 2022 and before July 5, 2022; *

    16. Stearns County on or after March 26, 2022; 

    17. Swift County on or after April 9, 2022;

    18. Todd County on or after April 20, 2022;

    19. Waseca County on or after April 5, 2022 and before July 1, 2022; and 

    20. Yellow Medicine County on or after April 12, 2022. 

  14. Missouri
    1. Dade County on or after April 6, 2022 and before June 16, 2022; 
    2. Jasper County on or after March 8, 2022 and before June 29, 2022; and 
    3. Lawrence County on or after March 9, 2022;
    4. Stoddard County on or after March 4, 2022. 
  15. Montana
    1. Cascade County on or after April 7, 2022 and before June 1, 2022; and 
    2. Glacier County on or after April 20, 2022 and before June 21, 2022. 
  16. Nebraska
    1. Butler County on or after March 22, 2022 and before June 30, 2022; 

    2. Dixon County on or after April 12, 2022 and before June 20, 2022; and 

    3. Knox County on or after April 27, 2022 and before July 5, 2022. *

  17. New Jersey
    1. Monmouth County on or after May 17, 2022. 
  18. New York
    1. Monroe County on or after March 29, 2022; 
    2. Orleans County on or after April 5, 2022; and
    3. Suffolk County on or after March 23, 2022.
  19. North Carolina 
    1. The State of North Carolina on or after March 12, 2020, and before October 19, 2020;
    2. Johnston County on or after March 29, 2022; and 
    3. Wayne County on or after April 2, 2022. 
  20. North Dakota
    1. Barnes County on or after April 13, 2022;
    2. Dickey County on or after March 31, 2022; 
    3. Kidder County on or after March 29, 2022; 
    4. LaMoure County on or after April 2, 2022 and before July 2, 2022; *
    5. McHenry County on or after June 6, 2022; 
    6. Richland County on or after April 21, 2022; and
    7. Stutsman County on or after April 8, 2022. 
  21. Oklahoma
    1. Sequoyah County on or after April 30, 2022 and before June 8, 2022. 
  22. Oregon
    1. Lane County on or after May 17, 2022.  
  23. Pennsylvania

    1. Berks County on or after May 3, 2022; 

    2. Lancaster County on or after March, 13, 2019 and before September 8, 2019; and

    3. Lancaster County on or after April 15, 2022. 

  24. South Carolina 
    1. The State of South Carolina on or after March 17, 2020, and on or before August 28, 2020.
  25. South Dakota
    1. Beadle County on or after March 22, 2022 and before June 17, 2022; 
    2. Bonne Homme County on or after March 29, 2022, and before May 27, 2022; 
    3. Brule County on or after March 30, 2022 and before May 29, 2022; 
    4. Charles Mix County on or after March 5, 2022 and before May 14, 2022; 
    5. Clark County on or after March 27, 2022 and before June 22, 2022; 
    6. Codington County on or after May 19, 2022;
    7. Day County on or after May 4, 2022;
    8. Deuel County on or after April 13, 2022 and before May 23, 2022; 
    9. Edmunds County on or after March 23, 2022;
    10. Faulk County on or after April 5, 2022 and before May 29, 2022; 
    11. Hanson County on or after March 18, 2022 and before June 4, 2022; 
    12. Hutchinson County on or after March 20, 2022 and before May 31, 2022; 
    13. Jerauld County on or after March 24, 2022 and before May 3, 2022; *
    14. Kingsbury County on or after March 18, 2022 and before May 17, 2022; 
    15. Lake County on or after April 2, 2022 and before June 4, 2022; 
    16. McPherson County on or after March 27, 2022;
    17. Spink County on or after March 29, 2022 and before June 11, 2022; and 
    18. Yankton County on or after April 9, 2022 and before May 26, 2022.  
  26. Texas
    1. Erath County on or after April 2, 2022 and before May 19, 2022. 

  27. Utah

    1. Cache County on or after April 25, 2022. 

  28. Washington
    1. King County on or after June 7, 2022; and
    2. Pacific County on or after May 5, 2022.
  29. Wisconsin
    1. Barron County on or after April 12, 2022; 
    2. Jefferson County on or after March 14, 2022.;
    3. Polk County on or after April 15, 2022; and
    4. Racine County on or after April 7, 2022. 

  1. Poultry and poultry products must be accompanied by FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness. The city and state location of the establishment that produced the poultry or poultry product and the following certification statement must be included in the Remarks section or as an FSIS letterhead certificate:

    "The meat is derived from birds which have been kept at a farm since they were hatched or for the past 21 days and in which there has been no evidence of notifiable avian influenza (NAI) in the past 21 days."
  2. Beef and beef products. Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Export Certificate of Wholesomeness and an FSIS letterhead certificate:
    1. The United States complies with the conditions in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the OIE as a country that presents a Negligible Risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
      Estados Unidos cumple con las condiciones del Código de Salud de Animales Terrestres de la OIE como un país que presenta un Riesgo Negligible para la encefalopatía espongiforme bovina.
  3. Pork and pork products must be accompanied by FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness.

All Federally inspection establishments are eligible to export.

Import Requirements

Last update Feb 28, 2022

Process Category
Product Category
Product Group
Process Raw - Non Intact
Eligible Products Raw Ground, Comminuted, or Otherwise Non-intact Beef
Product category Beef - All Products Eligible except Advanced Meat Recovery Product (AMR); Beef Patty Product; Finely Textured Beef (FTB); Ground Beef; Hamburger; Partially Defatted Chopped Beef (PDCB); Partially Defatted Beef Fatty Tissue (PDBFT); and Low Temperature Rendered Product
Process Raw - Intact
Eligible Products Raw Intact Beef
Product category Beef - All Products Eligible except Cheek Meat, Head Meat, Heart Meat, and Weasand Meat

Additional Import Information

The products identified in the table above are eligible for export from Nicaragua to the United States as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Equivalence Process. 

Source materials used to produce product intended for export to the United States must originate from a certified establishment in an eligible country that has an equivalent raw or processed products inspection system.

The above are the Process Categories, Product Categories, and Product Groups as listed in the FSIS Product Categorization document and defined in the Public Health Information System (PHIS).

APHIS Animal Disease Requirements for Nicaragua

The USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) restricts certain animal products from entering the United States because of animal disease conditions in the country of origin. Applicable APHIS animal disease requirements that may have an impact on Nicaragua’s eligibility to export product to the United States are listed below:

Beef imported from Nicaragua is subjected to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.18 or 9 CFR 94.19.

For information or questions concerning a country’s animal disease status and restrictions please contact the APHIS Veterinary Services, Strategy and Policy, Animal Product Import and Export at:

USDA-APHIS
Veterinary Services, Strategy and Policy, Animal Product Import and Export (APIE)
4700 River Road, Unit 40
Riverdale, MD 20737
Phone: (301) 851-3300
E-mail: APIE@USDA.GOV

Link to Nicaragua’s Certified Establishment List

A certified establishment is an establishment that the Central Competent Authority (CCA) of the foreign country has certified as meeting the requirements of the inspection system that FSIS has determined equivalent to the United States inspection system and, therefore, eligible to export meat, poultry, or egg products to the United States.  

Last Updated: Jul 11, 2022