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El Salvador: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

91 / 138

Importer Rank

79 / 138

Trade Balance Rank

104 / 138

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2021) $6,394,888,915
Total Imports (2021) $14,617,415,472
Trade Balance (2021) ($8,222,526,557)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 31.18%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 55.62%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
United States $2,615,757,579
Guatemala $1,073,015,261
Honduras $1,054,593,052
Nicaragua $460,285,326
Costa Rica $263,022,549
Mexico $137,493,330
Panama $115,877,875
Dominican Republic $104,470,761
South Korea $84,237,608
China $61,188,510

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
United States $4,033,457,582
China $2,492,983,932
Guatemala $1,462,450,955
Mexico $1,181,696,577
Honduras $848,900,928
Nicaragua $394,925,567
South Korea $344,057,909
Costa Rica $331,529,109
Japan $307,044,042
Spain $251,340,154

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(61) Apparel: Knit $1,961,795,704
(39) Plastics $518,860,869
(48) Paper $385,797,047
(85) Electrical Machinery $369,446,728
(17) Sugar & Confectionery $316,444,545
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $253,474,299
(30) Pharmaceuticals $208,490,727
(72) Iron & Steel $184,321,481
(62) Apparel: Non Knit $184,286,092
(19) Cereal, Flour & Starch $171,700,266

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $1,974,129,702
(84) Industrial Machinery $1,194,472,788
(85) Electrical Machinery $1,109,845,502
(39) Plastics $950,898,996
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $809,720,667
(72) Iron & Steel $625,767,878
(30) Pharmaceuticals $621,919,438
(61) Apparel: Knit $491,681,936
(48) Paper $372,380,998
(21) Prepared Foods $330,701,417

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2021) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 10/8/2023
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