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About

El Salvador-United States In 2022, El Salvador exported $2.87B to United States. The main products that El Salvador exported to United States are Knit T-shirts ($661M), Knit Sweaters ($362M), and Electrical Capacitors ($258M). During the last 27 years the exports of El Salvador to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 6.98%, from $464M in 1995 to $2.87B in 2022.

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

United States-El Salvador In 2022, United States exported $4.94B to El Salvador. The main products that United States exported to El Salvador were Refined Petroleum ($1.76B), Petroleum Gas ($371M), and Corn ($185M). During the last 27 years the exports of United States to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 5.03%, from $1.31B in 1995 to $4.94B in 2022.

In 2017, United States exported services to El Salvador worth $1.28B, with Travel ($549M), Transportation ($415M), and Financial services ($125M) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison In 2022,  El Salvador ranked 65 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.062), and 114 in total exports ($7.47B). That same year, United States ranked 10 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.41), and 2 in total exports ($1.95T).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, El Salvador exported $2.87B to United States. The main products exported from El Salvador to United States were Knit T-shirts ($661M), Knit Sweaters ($362M), and Electrical Capacitors ($258M). During the last 27 years the exports of El Salvador to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 6.98%, from $464M in 1995 to $2.87B in 2022.

In 2022, United States exported $4.94B to El Salvador. The main products exported from United States to El Salvador were Refined Petroleum ($1.76B), Petroleum Gas ($371M), and Corn ($185M). During the last 27 years the exports of United States to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 5.03%, from $1.31B in 1995 to $4.94B in 2022.

Exports from El Salvador (Flag) to United States (Flag) (2022)

Exports from United States (Flag) to El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between El Salvador (Flag) and United States (Flag)

El Salvador Exports

United States Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.87B
United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B

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

In 2021, countries that imported more from El Salvador than United States were Pitcairn Islands ($59.7k) and Northern Mariana Islands ($5.83k).

In 2021, countries that imported more from United States than El Salvador were Canada ($308B), Mexico ($294B), and China ($151B).

Difference in imports from United States (Flag) and El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - United States

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, El Salvador had a large net trade with United States in the exports of Textiles ($1.91B), Machines ($322M), and Foodstuffs ($225M).

During 2022, United States had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Mineral Products ($2.17B), Textiles ($535M), and Machines ($400M).

Service Trade

Bilateral Service Trade

In 2017, United States exported services to El Salvador worth $1.28B, with Travel ($549M), Transportation ($415M), and Financial services ($125M) being the largest in terms of value.

Service trade data is presented based on availability.

Services Exports from United States (Flag) to El Salvador (Flag) (2017)

Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization show the product space at the HS4 level colored from blue to yellow.  This mean that the more blue a dot/product is, the more El Salvador has comparative advantage over United States. Similarly, the more yellow a dot/product is, the more United States has comparative advantage over El Salvador.

Product Space of El Salvador (Flag) and United States (Flag) (2022)

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