Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
El Salvador
El Salvador
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
24 609 4 016 -1.5 1 474 36.7
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
108 84 95 69
Imports
92 68 114 88
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 5 044 10 327 2020 0.03
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 1 2
2019 0 1
2020 -15 -11 2020 0.06
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 19.8
Fuels and mining products: 4.4
Agricultural products: 19.9
Fuels and mining products: 15
Manufactures: 75.7
Other: 0.1
Manufactures: 64.9
Other: 0.2
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
United States of America: 39.7 Honduras: 15.4 Costa Rica: 4.6
Guatemala: 16.9 Nicaragua: 7.2 Other: 16.1
United States of America: 26.4 Guatemala: 11.5 European Union: 8.6
China: 14.6 Mexico: 8.9 Other: 30
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS1701 HS0901 HS1905 HS2202 HS2106
2020 . 216 108 96 86 54
Cane or beet sugar Coffee Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Waters containing added sugar Other food preparations
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS0406 HS1005 HS2106 HS0201 HS1511
2020
Cheese and curd Maize (corn) Other food preparations Bovine meat, fresh, chilled Palm oil and its fractions
177 148 146 117 89
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS1701
HS0406
HS0901
HS1005
HS1905
HS2106
HS2202
HS0201
HS2106
HS1511
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 1 025 2 337
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 1 5
2019 9 9
2020 -3 6
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS6109 HS6110 HS3923 HS4818 HS3004
T-shirts, singlets and other vests Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans Conveyance of goods' articles Toilet paper and similar paper Medicaments in measured doses
2020
Top imported products (Million US$)
567 253 216 171 160
HS2710 HS3004 HS8525 HS8502 HS2711
Value 2020
Petroleum oils, other than crude Medicaments in measured doses Radio-telephony transmission tools Electric generating sets Petroleum gases
722 387 263 260 218
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
116
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS6109
HS2710
HS6110
HS3004
HS3923
HS8525
HS4818
HS8502
HS3004
HS2711
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 4 005 8 239
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 1 2
2019 -2 -1
2020 -17 -12
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El Salvador TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
2 030 1 427 2020 0.04
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
14 2
-35 -27
3 3
2020 0.03
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 11.9 Other commercial services: 23.6
Travel: 31.3 Goods-related services: 33.2
Transport: 41.2 Other commercial services: 43.8
By main destination
Travel: 10 Goods-related services: 5
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport El Salvador
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2020 241 588
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
Value 59 129 44
2010-2020 -2 2
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 2 0
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
24.6 53.4 18.4
2020 -51 -18
Value
Share (%)
381 96 108
64.7 16.3 18.3
Travel El Salvador
400
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
300 200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 636 142
2010-2020 5 -4
Annual percentage change 2019 29 6
2020 -51 -70
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020)
Other commercial services Exports Imports
ICTs
11.7 13.3 49.2 25.8
Value
Other business services Financial services
2020
2010-2020
480 625
7 6
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
673 71
3 9
2019
2020
12 -2
-2 -2
2019
2020
4 22
-22 -50
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
1
Non-residents
147
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
148
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Residents
4 857
Non-residents
3 264
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
8 121
Residents
7
Non-residents
34
Total
41
117