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El Salvador Trade Summary

2022

El Salvador exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR EL SALVADOR 2022

Overall Exports and Imports for El Salvador 2022

Exports and imports of El Salvador in 2022 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 7,115 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 17,108 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,504 products were exported to 119 countries and 3,928 products were imported from 191 countries.

El Salvador top 5 Export and Import partners 2022

Top five countries to which El Salvador exported in 2022 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. El Salvador exports to United States worth US$ 2,792 million, with a partner share of 39.25 percent.
  2. El Salvador exports to Guatemala worth US$ 1,213 million, with a partner share of 17.05 percent.
  3. El Salvador exports to Honduras worth US$ 1,185 million, with a partner share of 16.65 percent.
  4. El Salvador exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 497 million, with a partner share of 6.98 percent.
  5. El Salvador exports to Costa Rica worth US$ 303 million, with a partner share of 4.27 percent.

Top five countries from which El Salvador imported goods in 2022 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. El Salvador imports from United States worth US$ 5,104 million, with a partner share of 29.83 percent.
  2. El Salvador imports from China worth US$ 2,847 million, with a partner share of 16.64 percent.
  3. El Salvador imports from Guatemala worth US$ 1,696 million, with a partner share of 9.91 percent.
  4. El Salvador imports from Mexico worth US$ 1,395 million, with a partner share of 8.16 percent.
  5. El Salvador imports from Honduras worth US$ 960 million, with a partner share of 5.61 percent.

El Salvador Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2022

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 576,573.35 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of man-made fibres, kn , worth 312,341.19 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador exported T-shirts, singlets, etc, of other textiles, nes , worth 242,576.09 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of cotton, knitted or , worth 216,560.74 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador exported Electrical capacitors, fixed, tantalum, nes , worth 211,810.54 (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 2,129,509.40 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 367,981.22 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 343,223.02 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador imported Propane, liquefied , worth 328,270.52 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 279,389.16 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2022

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2022 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2022

Tariffs imposed by El Salvador in 2022 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 164 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.11 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.21 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 10,087,961.42 and duty free tariff line items share was 70.43 percent.

Development Indicators 2022

Key Development Indicators of El Salvador in 2022 are below

  • El Salvador GDP in current US dollar was 32,489 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,720.00 .
  • El Salvador Trade balance: as % of GDP was -24.44.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -7,941.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 86.80 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 22.11 .

Trade Indicators 2022

Trade Indicators for El Salvador in 2022 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.25.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.27.
  • World Growth in percentage was 5.18 and El Salvador Country Growth was -0.26 .