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El Salvador Trade Summary

2008

El Salvador exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR EL SALVADOR 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for El Salvador 2008

Exports and imports of El Salvador in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,641 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 9,818 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,414 products were exported to 111 countries and 3,819 products were imported from 174 countries.

El Salvador top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which El Salvador exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. El Salvador exports to United States worth US$ 2,244 million, with a partner share of 48.35 percent.
  2. El Salvador exports to Guatemala worth US$ 630 million, with a partner share of 13.58 percent.
  3. El Salvador exports to Honduras worth US$ 600 million, with a partner share of 12.93 percent.
  4. El Salvador exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 256 million, with a partner share of 5.51 percent.
  5. El Salvador exports to Costa Rica worth US$ 169 million, with a partner share of 3.65 percent.

Top five countries from which El Salvador imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. El Salvador imports from United States worth US$ 3,109 million, with a partner share of 31.67 percent.
  2. El Salvador imports from Mexico worth US$ 911 million, with a partner share of 9.28 percent.
  3. El Salvador imports from China worth US$ 841 million, with a partner share of 8.57 percent.
  4. El Salvador imports from Guatemala worth US$ 761 million, with a partner share of 7.75 percent.
  5. El Salvador imports from Brazil worth US$ 370 million, with a partner share of 3.77 percent.

El Salvador Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. El Salvador exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 824,519.94 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 258,124.01 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador exported Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of alcoholic strengt , worth 210,212.72 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 143,122.75 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of cotton, knitted or , worth 123,979.90 (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, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 1,037,205.84 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 572,858.56 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador imported Weft knits or crocheted fabrics of cotton , worth 373,964.18 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador imported Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of alcoholic strengt , worth 222,465.54 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 200,808.02 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by El Salvador in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 164 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.82 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.02 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,382,114.21 and duty free tariff line items share was 61.44 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of El Salvador in 2008 are below

  • El Salvador GDP in current US dollar was 17,987 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,900.00 .
  • El Salvador Trade balance: as % of GDP was -27.18.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,890.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 80.67 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 15.82 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for El Salvador in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.33.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.64.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and El Salvador Country Growth was 1.71 .