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8.37%CURRENT US$
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54.7%CURRENT US$
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4.74%CURRENT US$
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$5,391CURRENT US$
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50.5%CURRENT US$
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About

France-El Salvador Trade: In 2023, France exported $85.2M to El Salvador. The main products that France exported to El Salvador were Packaged Medicaments ($16.8M), Refined Petroleum ($7.12M), and Industrial Printers ($4.65M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to El Salvador have decreased at an annualized rate of 20.8%, from $274M in 2018 to $85.2M in 2023.

In 2023, France did not export any services to El Salvador.

El Salvador-France Trade: In 2023, El Salvador exported $10M to France. The main products that El Salvador exported to France were Coffee ($4.33M), Processed Fish ($3.29M), and Insect Resins ($549k). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 4.26%,  from $12.4M in 2018 to $10M in 2023.

In 2023, El Salvador did not export any services to France.

Comparison: In 2023,  France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.34), and 7 in total exports ($635B). That same year, El Salvador ranked 63 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.0012), and 118 in total exports ($6.76B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2023, France exported $85.2M to El Salvador. The main products exported from France to El Salvador were Packaged Medicaments ($16.8M), Refined Petroleum ($7.12M), and Industrial Printers ($4.65M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to El Salvador have decreased at an annualized rate of 20.8%, from $274M in 2018 to $85.2M in 2023.

In 2018, El Salvador exported $10M to France. The main products exported from El Salvador to France were Coffee ($4.33M), Processed Fish ($3.29M), and Insect Resins ($549k). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 4.26%, from $12.4M in 2023 to $10M in 2018.

Exports from France (Flag) to El Salvador (Flag) (2023)

Exports from El Salvador (Flag) to France (Flag) (2023)

Latest Data

Trade between France (Flag) and El Salvador (Flag)

France Exports

El Salvador Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
France
Top Destination
Germany$72.8B
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.41B

This map shows whether countries import more from France or El Salvador. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from France and El Salvador or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2023, countries that imported more from France than El Salvador included Germany ($72.8B), Italy ($56.3B), and Belgium ($49.2B).

In 2023, countries that imported more from El Salvador than France included Guatemala ($1.15B), Honduras ($1.03B), and Nicaragua ($511M).

Difference in imports from El Salvador (Flag) and France (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage France - El Salvador

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between France and El Salvador by product, considering products traded by both, France and El Salvador.

During 2023, France had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Chemical Products ($33.2M), Machines ($17.6M), and Mineral Products ($7.13M).

During 2018, El Salvador had a large net trade with France in the exports of Vegetable Products ($4.88M), Foodstuffs ($3.58M), and Textiles ($809k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Top Product Potential France El Salvador+$6.34MPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential El Salvador France+$3.76MCoffee

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of France and El Salvador. This means that a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over El Salvador. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of El Salvador indicates it has a comparative advantage over France.

Product Space of France (Flag) and El Salvador (Flag) (2023)

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