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El Salvador Trade Summary

2015

El Salvador exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR EL SALVADOR 2015

Overall Exports and Imports for El Salvador 2015

Exports and imports of El Salvador in 2015 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 5,509 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 10,293 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,597 products were exported to 126 countries and 3,938 products were imported from 175 countries.

El Salvador top 5 Export and Import partners 2015

Top five countries to which El Salvador exported in 2015 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. El Salvador exports to United States worth US$ 2,581 million, with a partner share of 46.85 percent.
  2. El Salvador exports to Honduras worth US$ 770 million, with a partner share of 13.98 percent.
  3. El Salvador exports to Guatemala worth US$ 750 million, with a partner share of 13.61 percent.
  4. El Salvador exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 368 million, with a partner share of 6.69 percent.
  5. El Salvador exports to Costa Rica worth US$ 249 million, with a partner share of 4.52 percent.

Top five countries from which El Salvador imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. El Salvador imports from United States worth US$ 3,480 million, with a partner share of 33.81 percent.
  2. El Salvador imports from China worth US$ 1,397 million, with a partner share of 13.57 percent.
  3. El Salvador imports from Guatemala worth US$ 1,022 million, with a partner share of 9.92 percent.
  4. El Salvador imports from Mexico worth US$ 752 million, with a partner share of 7.31 percent.
  5. El Salvador imports from Honduras worth US$ 536 million, with a partner share of 5.21 percent.

El Salvador Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2015

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 663,215.93 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador exported Men's or boys' underpants and briefs of cotton, , worth 186,772.09 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth 178,880.31 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador exported Hosiery and footwear, of cotton, knitted or cro , worth 176,017.65 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of man-made fibres, kn , worth 161,787.53 (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 1,167,949.10 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 239,943.70 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 181,826.74 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador imported Weft knits or crocheted fabrics of cotton , worth 147,057.15 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 130,025.82 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2015

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2015 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2015

Tariffs imposed by El Salvador in 2015 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 164 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.83 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.79 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 8,146,887.03 and duty free tariff line items share was 60.99 percent.

Development Indicators 2015

Key Development Indicators of El Salvador in 2015 are below

  • El Salvador GDP in current US dollar was 23,438 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,490.00 .
  • El Salvador Trade balance: as % of GDP was -17.59.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,122.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 76.56 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 17.04 .

Trade Indicators 2015

Trade Indicators for El Salvador in 2015 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.26.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.98.
  • World Growth in percentage was -6.31 and El Salvador Country Growth was 2.82 .