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El Salvador Trade Summary

2020

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR EL SALVADOR 2020

Overall Exports and Imports for El Salvador 2020

Exports and imports of El Salvador in 2020 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,805 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 9,888 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,401 products were exported to 113 countries and 3,807 products were imported from 188 countries.

El Salvador top 5 Export and Import partners 2020

Top five countries to which El Salvador exported in 2020 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. El Salvador exports to United States worth US$ 1,975 million, with a partner share of 41.10 percent.
  2. El Salvador exports to Guatemala worth US$ 789 million, with a partner share of 16.42 percent.
  3. El Salvador exports to Honduras worth US$ 748 million, with a partner share of 15.56 percent.
  4. El Salvador exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 341 million, with a partner share of 7.10 percent.
  5. El Salvador exports to Costa Rica worth US$ 216 million, with a partner share of 4.49 percent.

Top five countries from which El Salvador imported goods in 2020 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. El Salvador imports from United States worth US$ 2,629 million, with a partner share of 26.58 percent.
  2. El Salvador imports from China worth US$ 1,448 million, with a partner share of 14.64 percent.
  3. El Salvador imports from Guatemala worth US$ 1,106 million, with a partner share of 11.19 percent.
  4. El Salvador imports from Mexico worth US$ 944 million, with a partner share of 9.55 percent.
  5. El Salvador imports from Honduras worth US$ 636 million, with a partner share of 6.43 percent.

El Salvador Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2020

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 US$ 423,211.03 million.
  2. El Salvador exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of man-made fibres, kn , worth US$ 173,347.37 million.
  3. El Salvador exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth US$ 151,649.08 million.
  4. El Salvador exported Toilet paper , worth US$ 150,666.22 million.
  5. El Salvador exported T-shirts, singlets, etc, of other textiles, nes , worth US$ 142,827.08 million.

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 US$ 718,083.48 million.
  2. El Salvador imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 289,118.88 million.
  3. El Salvador imported Propane, liquefied , worth US$ 149,725.98 million.
  4. El Salvador imported Generating sets with spark-ignition internal co , worth US$ 147,587.92 million.
  5. El Salvador imported Other food preparations, nes , worth US$ 143,296.74 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2020

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2020 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2020

Tariffs imposed by El Salvador in 2020 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 164 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.41 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.91 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 7,435,998.80 and duty free tariff line items share was 62.51 percent.

Development Indicators 2020

Key Development Indicators of El Salvador in 2020 are below

  • El Salvador GDP in current US dollar was 24,930 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,780.00 .
  • El Salvador Trade balance: as % of GDP was -17.37.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,331.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 66.06 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 14.47 .

Trade Indicators 2020

Trade Indicators for El Salvador in 2020 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.20.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.92.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.75 and El Salvador Country Growth was -6.88 .