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El Salvador Trade Summary

2019

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR EL SALVADOR 2019

Overall Exports and Imports for El Salvador 2019

Exports and imports of El Salvador in 2019 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 5,905 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 11,602 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,549 products were exported to 125 countries and 3,938 products were imported from 178 countries.

El Salvador top 5 Export and Import partners 2019

Top five countries to which El Salvador exported in 2019 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. El Salvador exports to United States worth US$ 2,503 million, with a partner share of 42.39 percent.
  2. El Salvador exports to Guatemala worth US$ 940 million, with a partner share of 15.92 percent.
  3. El Salvador exports to Honduras worth US$ 939 million, with a partner share of 15.90 percent.
  4. El Salvador exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 393 million, with a partner share of 6.66 percent.
  5. El Salvador exports to Costa Rica worth US$ 263 million, with a partner share of 4.46 percent.

Top five countries from which El Salvador imported goods in 2019 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. El Salvador imports from United States worth US$ 3,453 million, with a partner share of 29.77 percent.
  2. El Salvador imports from China worth US$ 1,656 million, with a partner share of 14.28 percent.
  3. El Salvador imports from Guatemala worth US$ 1,267 million, with a partner share of 10.92 percent.
  4. El Salvador imports from Mexico worth US$ 942 million, with a partner share of 8.12 percent.
  5. El Salvador imports from Honduras worth US$ 809 million, with a partner share of 6.97 percent.

El Salvador Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2019

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 630,556.65 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of man-made fibres, kn , worth 242,072.41 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth 173,128.80 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador exported Hosiery and footwear, of synthetic fibres, knit , worth 159,265.26 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador exported Toilet paper , worth 157,140.31 (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 1,259,158.21 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 280,842.86 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 256,150.34 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador imported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 255,980.38 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador imported Electrical energy , worth 176,538.93 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2019

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2019 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2019

Tariffs imposed by El Salvador in 2019 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 164 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.37 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.04 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 7,984,316.22 and duty free tariff line items share was 63.46 percent.

Development Indicators 2019

Key Development Indicators of El Salvador in 2019 are below

  • El Salvador GDP in current US dollar was 26,881 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,090.00 .
  • El Salvador Trade balance: as % of GDP was -16.13.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,336.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 76.04 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 19.79 .

Trade Indicators 2019

Trade Indicators for El Salvador in 2019 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.23.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.04.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.34 and El Salvador Country Growth was -1.03 .