El Salvador | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023

Exports structure from El Salvador in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 26% (1.73 billion US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
• 7.77% (505 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 5.98% (388 million US$): 48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
• 5.41% (351 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 5.29% (344 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 5% (325 million US$): 17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
• 3.12% (203 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 2.99% (194 million US$): 19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares
• 2.81% (182 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.59% (168 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar

What did El Salvador export in 2023?

El Salvador's Top Exports in 2023:

• 10.7% ($695 million): 6109 - T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
• 7.1% ($461 million): 6110 - Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waist-coats and similar articles, knitted or crocheted
• 4.56% ($296 million): 3923 - Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics
• 3.62% ($235 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
• 3.41% ($221 million): 4818 - Toilet paper, width 36cm or less or cut to size/shape; handkerchiefs, tissues, towels, serviettes, bed sheets and similar household or hospital articles, apparel and clothing accessories of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres
• 2.97% ($193 million): 8532 - Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)
• 2.95% ($191 million): 6115 - Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, including stockings for varicose veins and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted
• 2.67% ($173 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 2.46% ($159 million): 2202 - Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 20.09.
• 2.36% ($153 million): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils

Imports structure to El Salvador in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 16.3% (2.55 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 7.04% (1.1 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 6.84% (1.07 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 6.39% (1 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 5.34% (836 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 3.71% (580 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 3.09% (483 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 2.76% (432 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 2.68% (419 million US$): 21 - Miscellaneous edible preparations
• 2.55% (400 million US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

What did El Salvador import in 2023?

El Salvador's Top Imports in 2023:

• 12.4% ($1.95 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 3.33% ($522 million): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
• 3.2% ($501 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 2.4% ($376 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 2.34% ($366 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 2.22% ($348 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
• 1.62% ($254 million): 1005 - Maize (corn)
• 1.4% ($220 million): 2106 - Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
• 1.38% ($217 million): 6109 - T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
• 1.38% ($216 million): 0406 - Cheese and curd