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El Salvador Trade Summary

2023

El Salvador exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR EL SALVADOR 2023

Overall Exports and Imports for El Salvador 2023

Exports and imports of El Salvador in 2023 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 6,498 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 15,648 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,467 products were exported to 118 countries and 3,937 products were imported from 192 countries.

El Salvador top 5 Export and Import partners 2023

Top five countries to which El Salvador exported in 2023 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. El Salvador exports to United States worth US$ 2,339 million, with a partner share of 36.00 percent.
  2. El Salvador exports to Guatemala worth US$ 1,199 million, with a partner share of 18.45 percent.
  3. El Salvador exports to Honduras worth US$ 1,059 million, with a partner share of 16.30 percent.
  4. El Salvador exports to Nicaragua worth US$ 510 million, with a partner share of 7.85 percent.
  5. El Salvador exports to Costa Rica worth US$ 311 million, with a partner share of 4.79 percent.

Top five countries from which El Salvador imported goods in 2023 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. El Salvador imports from United States worth US$ 4,497 million, with a partner share of 28.74 percent.
  2. El Salvador imports from China worth US$ 2,385 million, with a partner share of 15.24 percent.
  3. El Salvador imports from Guatemala worth US$ 1,584 million, with a partner share of 10.12 percent.
  4. El Salvador imports from Mexico worth US$ 1,283 million, with a partner share of 8.20 percent.
  5. El Salvador imports from Honduras worth US$ 789 million, with a partner share of 5.04 percent.

El Salvador Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2023

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 469,678.37 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of man-made fibres, kn , worth 276,517.51 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador exported T-shirts, singlets, etc, of other textiles, nes , worth 225,914.92 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador exported Toilet paper , worth 187,749.11 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of cotton, knitted or , worth 185,012.72 (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 1,952,904.57 (US$ Thousands).
  2. El Salvador imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 387,640.31 (US$ Thousands).
  3. El Salvador imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 343,382.04 (US$ Thousands).
  4. El Salvador imported Propane, liquefied , worth 251,722.10 (US$ Thousands).
  5. El Salvador imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 243,827.39 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2023

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2023 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2023

Tariffs imposed by El Salvador in 2023 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 2023

Key Development Indicators of El Salvador in 2023 are below

  • El Salvador GDP in current US dollar was 33,854 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,950.00 .
  • El Salvador Trade balance: as % of GDP was -18.92.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -6,405.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 81.71 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 22.95 .

Trade Indicators 2023

Trade Indicators for El Salvador in 2023 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.19.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.48.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.13 and El Salvador Country Growth was 0.90 .