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$34BCURRENT US$
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54.7%CURRENT US$
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30.6%CURRENT US$
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$5,391CURRENT US$
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50.5%CURRENT US$
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$64,572CURRENT US$
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22.8%CURRENT US$
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About

El Salvador-Netherlands Trade: In 2023, El Salvador exported $30.8M to Netherlands. The main products that El Salvador exported to Netherlands were Knit T-shirts ($9.63M), Coffee ($4.12M), and Knit Sweaters ($3.54M). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Netherlands have increased at an annualized rate of 5.37%, from $23.7M in 2018 to $30.8M in 2023.

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

Netherlands-El Salvador Trade: In 2023, Netherlands exported $55M to El Salvador. The main products that Netherlands exported to El Salvador were Other Edible Preparations ($12.1M), Casein ($3.95M), and Flavored Water ($3.91M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Netherlands to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 6.32%,  from $38.1M in 2018 to $55M in 2023.

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

Comparison: In 2023,  El Salvador ranked 63 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.0012), and 118 in total exports ($6.76B). That same year, Netherlands ranked 26 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.08), and 9 in total exports ($599B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2023, El Salvador exported $30.8M to Netherlands. The main products exported from El Salvador to Netherlands were Knit T-shirts ($9.63M), Coffee ($4.12M), and Knit Sweaters ($3.54M). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Netherlands have increased at an annualized rate of 5.37%, from $23.7M in 2018 to $30.8M in 2023.

In 2018, Netherlands exported $55M to El Salvador. The main products exported from Netherlands to El Salvador were Other Edible Preparations ($12.1M), Casein ($3.95M), and Flavored Water ($3.91M). During the last 5 years the exports of Netherlands to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 6.32%, from $38.1M in 2023 to $55M in 2018.

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

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

Latest Data

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

El Salvador Exports

Netherlands Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.41B
Netherlands
Top Destination
Germany$96.9B

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

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

In 2023, countries that imported more from Netherlands than El Salvador included Germany ($96.9B), Belgium ($87B), and France ($67.3B).

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

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - Netherlands

Flow
Scale

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

During 2023, El Salvador had a large net trade with Netherlands in the exports of Textiles ($14.2M), Vegetable Products ($10.8M), and Footwear and Headwear ($2.38M).

During 2018, Netherlands had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Foodstuffs ($23.2M), Chemical Products ($12.4M), and Machines ($4.92M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential El Salvador Netherlands+$7.77MKnit T-shirts
Top Product Potential Netherlands El Salvador+$2.52MRefined Petroleum

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

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

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