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El Salvador Trade Summary

1998

El Salvador exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR EL SALVADOR 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for El Salvador 1998

Exports and imports of El Salvador in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,257 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,108 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,996 products were exported to 71 countries and 4,057 products were imported from 109 countries.

El Salvador top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which El Salvador exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. El Salvador exports to Guatemala worth US$ 282 million, with a partner share of 22.47 percent.
  2. El Salvador exports to United States worth US$ 270 million, with a partner share of 21.48 percent.
  3. El Salvador exports to Honduras worth US$ 149 million, with a partner share of 11.83 percent.
  4. El Salvador exports to Germany worth US$ 140 million, with a partner share of 11.13 percent.
  5. El Salvador exports to Costa Rica worth US$ 110 million, with a partner share of 8.77 percent.

Top five countries from which El Salvador imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. El Salvador imports from United States worth US$ 1,198 million, with a partner share of 38.53 percent.
  2. El Salvador imports from Guatemala worth US$ 347 million, with a partner share of 11.16 percent.
  3. El Salvador imports from Mexico worth US$ 238 million, with a partner share of 7.67 percent.
  4. El Salvador imports from Japan worth US$ 145 million, with a partner share of 4.67 percent.
  5. El Salvador imports from Costa Rica worth US$ 115 million, with a partner share of 3.70 percent.

El Salvador Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

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 321,739.71 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth 63,687.17 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador exported Frozen shrimps and prawns , worth 31,729.81 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador exported Other food preparations, nes , worth 30,247.56 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 23,817.19 (US$ Thousands).

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 86,635.82 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 63,427.56 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador imported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth 53,685.03 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 44,711.99 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 39,425.77 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by El Salvador in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 40 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 5.94 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.34 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,170,172.76 and duty free tariff line items share was 48.28 percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of El Salvador in 1998 are below

  • El Salvador GDP in current US dollar was 10,937 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,720.00 .
  • El Salvador Trade balance: as % of GDP was -12.10.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,323.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 60.87 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 15.59 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for El Salvador in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.32.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.28.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and El Salvador Country Growth was 4.78 .