El Salvador | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2008 - 2019

Exports structure from El Salvador in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 32% (1.89 billion US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
• 6.76% (399 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 5.56% (328 million US$): 48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
• 5.07% (299 million US$): 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
• 4.29% (253 million US$): 17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
• 4.09% (242 million US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
• 3.37% (199 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 3.21% (190 million US$): 60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 2.89% (170 million US$): 19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares
• 2.85% (168 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products

What did El Salvador export in 2019?

El Salvador's Top Exports in 2019:

• 13.2% ($780 million): 6109 - T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
• 6.55% ($387 million): 6110 - Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waist-coats and similar articles, knitted or crocheted
• 3.68% ($217 million): 6115 - Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, including stockings for varicose veins and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted
• 3.66% ($216 million): 3923 - Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics
• 3.27% ($193 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
• 2.96% ($175 million): 6107 - Men's or boys' underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted.
• 2.93% ($173 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
• 2.83% ($167 million): 6006 - Other knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 2.58% ($152 million): 8532 - Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)
• 2.48% ($146 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.

Imports structure to El Salvador in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 14.6% (1.7 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 7.47% (867 million US$): 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
• 6.3% (731 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 5.74% (666 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 4.93% (572 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 4.62% (536 million US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
• 3.59% (416 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.97% (345 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 2.64% (307 million US$): 48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
• 2.45% (284 million US$): 10 - Cereals

What did El Salvador import in 2019?

El Salvador's Top Imports in 2019:

• 10.8% ($1.25 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
• 3.11% ($361 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
• 2.41% ($279 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
• 2.36% ($274 million): 6109 - T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
• 1.99% ($232 million): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
• 1.94% ($225 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
• 1.66% ($193 million): 6006 - Other knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 1.52% ($176 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
• 1.45% ($169 million): 1005 - Maize (corn)
• 1.31% ($152 million): 0406 - Cheese and curd