These factors also make Taiwan's business people hesitant to step in. In Nicaragua, therefore, where foreign debt is high and inflation has hit 33,000 %, there are only four Taiwanese investors: Nica Eastern Development, a company jointly owned by the Shinkong Group and Fu-Tsu Construction, which purchased the Hotel Intercontinental Managua, and three garment manufacturers, Forex Industrial, Nien Hsing, and China United Garments.
因此在外債高築、通貨膨脹曾經高達三萬三千百分比的尼加拉瓜，目前前往投資的台商只有四家；除了由新光集團及互助營造合資的尼加東方開發公司所購買的洲際飯店，此外三家的富太、年興、中國今一都是製衣業。