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About

Malaysia-El Salvador Trade: In 2022, Malaysia exported $36.1M to El Salvador. The main products that Malaysia exported to El Salvador were Broadcasting Equipment ($4.89M), Rubber Apparel ($3.48M), and Blank Audio Media ($3.09M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Malaysia to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 5.9%, from $27.1M in 2017 to $36.1M in 2022.

In 2022, Malaysia did not export any services to El Salvador.

El Salvador-Malaysia Trade: In 2022, El Salvador exported $4.61M to Malaysia. The main products that El Salvador exported to Malaysia were Scrap Aluminium ($2.73M), Coffee ($909k), and Electrical Capacitors ($516k). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Malaysia have increased at an annualized rate of 20%,  from $1.85M in 2017 to $4.61M in 2022.

In 2022, El Salvador did not export any services to Malaysia.

Comparison: In 2022,  Malaysia ranked 24 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.09), and 22 in total exports ($378B). That same year, El Salvador ranked 68 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.029), and 114 in total exports ($7.47B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Malaysia exported $36.1M to El Salvador. The main products exported from Malaysia to El Salvador were Broadcasting Equipment ($4.89M), Rubber Apparel ($3.48M), and Blank Audio Media ($3.09M). During the last 5 years the exports of Malaysia to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 5.9%, from $27.1M in 2017 to $36.1M in 2022.

In 2017, El Salvador exported $4.61M to Malaysia. The main products exported from El Salvador to Malaysia were Scrap Aluminium ($2.73M), Coffee ($909k), and Electrical Capacitors ($516k). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Malaysia have increased at an annualized rate of 20%, from $1.85M in 2022 to $4.61M in 2017.

Exports from Malaysia (Flag) to El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

Exports from El Salvador (Flag) to Malaysia (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Malaysia
Top Destination
Singapore$53.8B
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.87B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Malaysia than El Salvador included Singapore ($53.8B), China ($48.5B), and United States ($44.2B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from El Salvador than Malaysia included Honduras ($1.18B), Guatemala ($1.21B), and Nicaragua ($497M).

Difference in imports from El Salvador (Flag) and Malaysia (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Malaysia - El Salvador

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Malaysia had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Machines ($18.5M), Plastics and Rubbers ($6.63M), and Chemical Products ($3.35M).

During 2017, El Salvador had a large net trade with Malaysia in the exports of Metals ($3.03M), Vegetable Products ($909k), and Machines ($560k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Malaysia El Salvador+$4.11MTelephones
Top Product Potential El Salvador Malaysia+$953kCoffee

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 Malaysia and El Salvador. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Malaysia 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 Malaysia.

Product Space of Malaysia (Flag) and El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

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