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El Salvador Trade Summary

2021

El Salvador exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR EL SALVADOR 2021

Overall Exports and Imports for El Salvador 2021

Exports and imports of El Salvador in 2021 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 6,395 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 14,617 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,474 products were exported to 117 countries and 3,866 products were imported from 185 countries.

El Salvador top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

Top five countries to which El Salvador exported in 2021 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. El Salvador exports to United States worth US$ 2,616 million, with a partner share of 40.90 percent.
  2. El Salvador exports to Guatemala worth US$ 1,073 million, with a partner share of 16.78 percent.
  3. El Salvador exports to Honduras worth US$ 1,055 million, with a partner share of 16.49 percent.
  4. El Salvador exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 460 million, with a partner share of 7.20 percent.
  5. El Salvador exports to Costa Rica worth US$ 263 million, with a partner share of 4.11 percent.

Top five countries from which El Salvador imported goods in 2021 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. El Salvador imports from United States worth US$ 4,033 million, with a partner share of 27.59 percent.
  2. El Salvador imports from China worth US$ 2,493 million, with a partner share of 17.05 percent.
  3. El Salvador imports from Guatemala worth US$ 1,462 million, with a partner share of 10.00 percent.
  4. El Salvador imports from Mexico worth US$ 1,182 million, with a partner share of 8.08 percent.
  5. El Salvador imports from Honduras worth US$ 849 million, with a partner share of 5.81 percent.

El Salvador Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

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 553,295.01 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of man-made fibres, kn , worth 281,236.45 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador exported Electrical capacitors, fixed, tantalum, nes , worth 200,107.17 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador exported T-shirts, singlets, etc, of other textiles, nes , worth 188,978.02 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth 188,359.23 (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 1,382,476.61 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 317,111.01 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador imported Storage units, whether or not presented with th , worth 303,207.05 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador imported Propane, liquefied , worth 298,295.01 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador imported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 224,287.85 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by El Salvador in 2021 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 164 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.28 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.88 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 10,366,084.23 and duty free tariff line items share was 62.14 percent.

Development Indicators 2021

Key Development Indicators of El Salvador in 2021 are below

  • El Salvador GDP in current US dollar was 29,451 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,360.00 .
  • El Salvador Trade balance: as % of GDP was -24.21.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -7,129.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 80.77 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.60 .

Trade Indicators 2021

Trade Indicators for El Salvador in 2021 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.21.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.13.
  • World Growth in percentage was 12.50 and El Salvador Country Growth was 13.37 .