El Salvador Trade Summary

2008 Data

El Salvador exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR El Salvador

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 4,641
No. Of products: 2,414
No. Of partners: 111
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 9,818
No. Of products: 3,819
No. Of partners: 174

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
T-shirts, singlets a ...824,519.94
Coffee, not roasted ...258,124.01
Undenatured ethyl al ...210,212.72
Petroleum oils, etc, ...143,122.75
Jerseys, pullovers, ...123,979.90
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...1,037,205.84
Petroleum oils and o ...572,858.56
Weft knits or croche ...373,964.18
Undenatured ethyl al ...222,465.54
Other medicaments of ...200,808.02

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States2,244 48.35
Guatemala630 13.58
Honduras600 12.93
Nicaragua256 5.51
Costa Rica169 3.65
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States3,109 31.67
Mexico911 9.28
China841 8.57
Guatemala761 7.75
Brazil370 3.77

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials389 8.38 1,180 12.02 2.38
Intermediate goods810 17.44 2,967 30.23 4.32
Consumer goods2,999 64.61 3,769 38.39 3.29
Capital goods218 4.70 1,289 13.13 0.98

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.33
Index of export market penetration: 2.64
World Growth: -59.29
Country Growth: 1.71

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 12
Maximum Rate (%): 164
Simple Average (%): 3.82
Weighted Average (%): 3.02
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 6,382,114.21
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 61.44

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 17,987
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 2,900.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -27.18
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -4,890.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 15.82
Trade (% of GDP): 80.67