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El Salvador Trade Summary

1996

El Salvador exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR EL SALVADOR 1996

Overall Exports and Imports for El Salvador 1996

Exports and imports of El Salvador in 1996 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,024 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,670 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,764 products were exported to 63 countries and 4,028 products were imported from 96 countries.

El Salvador top 5 Export and Import partners 1996

Top five countries to which El Salvador exported in 1996 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. El Salvador exports to Guatemala worth US$ 211 million, with a partner share of 20.56 percent.
  2. El Salvador exports to United States worth US$ 197 million, with a partner share of 19.28 percent.
  3. El Salvador exports to Germany worth US$ 159 million, with a partner share of 15.52 percent.
  4. El Salvador exports to Honduras worth US$ 97 million, with a partner share of 9.51 percent.
  5. El Salvador exports to Costa Rica worth US$ 93 million, with a partner share of 9.11 percent.

Top five countries from which El Salvador imported goods in 1996 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. El Salvador imports from United States worth US$ 1,068 million, with a partner share of 39.98 percent.
  2. El Salvador imports from Guatemala worth US$ 280 million, with a partner share of 10.48 percent.
  3. El Salvador imports from Panama worth US$ 176 million, with a partner share of 6.58 percent.
  4. El Salvador imports from Mexico worth US$ 172 million, with a partner share of 6.45 percent.
  5. El Salvador imports from Japan worth US$ 114 million, with a partner share of 4.27 percent.

El Salvador Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1996

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by El Salvador along with trade value are:

  1. El Salvador exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth US$ 338,917.79 million.
  2. El Salvador exported Frozen shrimps and prawns , worth US$ 38,488.84 million.
  3. El Salvador exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth US$ 31,509.52 million.
  4. El Salvador exported Other food preparations, nes , worth US$ 22,337.53 million.
  5. El Salvador exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 22,214.99 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by El Salvador along with trade value are

  1. El Salvador imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 121,505.26 million.
  2. El Salvador imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 69,292.18 million.
  3. El Salvador imported Gas powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding fiv , worth US$ 47,179.65 million.
  4. El Salvador imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 46,962.18 million.
  5. El Salvador imported Durum wheat , worth US$ 42,398.35 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1996

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1996 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1996

Tariffs imposed by El Salvador in 1996 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 40 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.71 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.72 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 0 and duty free tariff line items share was 0 percent.

Development Indicators 1996

Key Development Indicators of El Salvador in 1996 are below

  • El Salvador GDP in current US dollar was 9,586 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,560.00 .
  • El Salvador Trade balance: as % of GDP was -13.00.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,246.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 55.28 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.81 .

Trade Indicators 1996

Trade Indicators for El Salvador in 1996 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.35.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.31.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.55 and El Salvador Country Growth was 6.87 .