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$32.5BCURRENT US$
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51.9%CURRENT US$
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3.7%CURRENT US$
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47.7%CURRENT US$
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$40,964CURRENT US$
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About

El Salvador-France Trade: In 2022, El Salvador exported $7.07M to France. The main products that El Salvador exported to France were Coffee ($2.58M), Processed Fish ($1.98M), and Insect Resins ($361k). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 7.71%, from $10.6M in 2017 to $7.07M in 2022.

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

France-El Salvador Trade: In 2022, France exported $66.8M to El Salvador. The main products that France exported to El Salvador were Packaged Medicaments ($6M), Flexible Metal Tubing ($4.07M), and Refined Petroleum ($3.22M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 1.7%,  from $46M in 2017 to $66.8M in 2022.

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

Comparison: In 2022,  El Salvador ranked 68 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.029), and 114 in total exports ($7.47B). That same year, France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.3), and 8 in total exports ($608B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, El Salvador exported $7.07M to France. The main products exported from El Salvador to France were Coffee ($2.58M), Processed Fish ($1.98M), and Insect Resins ($361k). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 7.71%, from $10.6M in 2017 to $7.07M in 2022.

In 2017, France exported $66.8M to El Salvador. The main products exported from France to El Salvador were Packaged Medicaments ($6M), Flexible Metal Tubing ($4.07M), and Refined Petroleum ($3.22M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 1.7%, from $46M in 2022 to $66.8M in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

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

El Salvador Exports

France Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.87B
France
Top Destination
Germany$78.3B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from France than El Salvador included Germany ($78.3B), Italy ($56.4B), and Belgium ($47.8B).

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

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - France

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, El Salvador had a large net trade with France in the exports of Vegetable Products ($3.05M), Foodstuffs ($2.3M), and Textiles ($543k).

During 2017, France had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Chemical Products ($23.5M), Machines ($11.5M), and Metals ($6.32M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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

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 El Salvador and France. This means that a dot/product with the flag of El Salvador indicates it has a comparative advantage over France. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over El Salvador.

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

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