El Salvador (SLV) and Kuwait (KWT) Trade | The Observatory of Economic Complexity

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El Salvador-Kuwait Trade: In 2022, El Salvador exported $1.93M to Kuwait. The main products that El Salvador exported to Kuwait were Knit T-shirts ($486k), Knit Women's Undergarments ($162k), and Non-Knit Active Wear ($149k). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Kuwait have increased at an annualized rate of 27.4%, from $577k in 2017 to $1.93M in 2022.

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

Kuwait-El Salvador In N/A, Kuwait did not export any products to El Salvador.

In 2022, Kuwait 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, Kuwait ranked 46 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.44), and 42 in total exports ($101B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2022, El Salvador exported $1.93M to Kuwait. The main products exported from El Salvador to Kuwait were Knit T-shirts ($486k), Knit Women's Undergarments ($162k), and Non-Knit Active Wear ($149k). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Kuwait have increased at an annualized rate of 27.4%, from $577k in 2017 to $1.93M in 2022.

Kuwait does not register exports to El Salvador. The main products exported from Kuwait to El Salvador were Rubber Footwear ($487k), Textile Footwear ($142k), and Knit T-shirts ($107k).

Exports from El Salvador () to Kuwait () (2022)

Exports from Kuwait () to El Salvador () (2022)

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Trade between El Salvador () and Kuwait ()

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Market Competitiveness

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El Salvador
Top DestinationUnited States$2.87B

Kuwait
Top DestinationChina$24.3B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from El Salvador than Kuwait included Guatemala ($1.21B), Honduras ($1.18B), and United States ($2.87B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Kuwait than El Salvador included China ($24.3B), India ($15B), and South Korea ($10.8B).

Difference in imports from Kuwait () and El Salvador () (2022)

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - Kuwait

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

During 2022, El Salvador had a large net trade with Kuwait in the exports of Textiles ($1.57M), Vegetable Products ($126k), and Transportation ($72.8k).

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential El Salvador Kuwait+$896kKnit T-shirts

Top Product Potential Kuwait El Salvador+$55.6kTextile Footwear

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

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

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Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Exports from El Salvador () to Kuwait () (2022)

Exports from Kuwait () to El Salvador () (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between El Salvador () and Kuwait ()

El Salvador Exports

Kuwait Exports

Market Competitiveness

Difference in imports from Kuwait () and El Salvador () (2022)

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - Kuwait

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

Product Space of El Salvador () and Kuwait () (2022)

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