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About

El Salvador-Saudi Arabia Trade: In 2022, El Salvador exported $5.81M to Saudi Arabia. The main products that El Salvador exported to Saudi Arabia were Coffee ($5.67M), Trunks and Cases ($108k), and Paper Containers ($21.4k). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Saudi Arabia have increased at an annualized rate of 31.3%, from $1.49M in 2017 to $5.81M in 2022.

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

Saudi Arabia-El Salvador Trade: In 2022, Saudi Arabia exported $24.5M to El Salvador. The main products that Saudi Arabia exported to El Salvador were Propylene Polymers ($21.1M), Ethylene Polymers ($2.55M), and Raw Aluminium ($785k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Saudi Arabia to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 20.3%,  from $9.74M in 2017 to $24.5M in 2022.

In 2022, Saudi Arabia 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, Saudi Arabia ranked 35 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.78), and 23 in total exports ($362B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, El Salvador exported $5.81M to Saudi Arabia. The main products exported from El Salvador to Saudi Arabia were Coffee ($5.67M), Trunks and Cases ($108k), and Paper Containers ($21.4k). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Saudi Arabia have increased at an annualized rate of 31.3%, from $1.49M in 2017 to $5.81M in 2022.

In 2017, Saudi Arabia exported $24.5M to El Salvador. The main products exported from Saudi Arabia to El Salvador were Propylene Polymers ($21.1M), Ethylene Polymers ($2.55M), and Raw Aluminium ($785k). During the last 5 years the exports of Saudi Arabia to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 20.3%, from $9.74M in 2022 to $24.5M in 2017.

Exports from El Salvador (Flag) to Saudi Arabia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Saudi Arabia (Flag) to El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between El Salvador (Flag) and Saudi Arabia (Flag)

El Salvador Exports

Saudi Arabia Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.87B
Saudi Arabia
Top Destination
China$68B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Saudi Arabia than El Salvador included China ($68B), India ($46.2B), and Japan ($36.5B).

Difference in imports from Saudi Arabia (Flag) and El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - Saudi Arabia

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, El Salvador had a large net trade with Saudi Arabia in the exports of Vegetable Products ($5.67M), Animal Hides ($108k), and Paper Goods ($28.8k).

During 2017, Saudi Arabia had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Plastics and Rubbers ($23.6M), Metals ($785k), and Chemical Products ($73.2k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential El Salvador Saudi Arabia+$1.68MCoffee
Top Product Potential Saudi Arabia El Salvador+$3.02MEthylene Polymers

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

Product Space of El Salvador (Flag) and Saudi Arabia (Flag) (2022)

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