Overview: This page contains the latest international trade data for El Salvador, including service trade data, and tariffs. In 2018 El Salvador was the number 106 economy in the world in terms of GDP (current US$), the number 105 in total exports, the number 95 in total imports, and the number 72 most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). In 2018, El Salvador exported $6.29B and imported $11.2B, resulting in a negative trade balance of -$4.94B. In 2018, El Salvador's exports per capita were $980 and its imports per capita were $1.75k.
In 2018 El Salvador exported a total of $6.29B, making it the number 105 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of El Salvador have changed by $412M from $5.88B in 2013 to $6.29B in 2018.
In 2018 El Salvador imported $11.2B, making it the number 95 trade destination in the world. During the last five reported years the imports of El Salvador changed by $304M from $10.9B in 2013 to $11.2B in 2018.
In 2018, El Salvador exported $1.98B worth of services. The top services exported by El Salvador in 2018 were Personal travel ($966M), Air transport ($372M), Telecommunications services ($145M), Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services ($95.5M), and Government services, n.i.e. ($79.9M).
The top services imported by El Salvador in 2018 were Sea transport ($452M), Personal travel ($435M), Air transport ($190M), Reinsurance ($132M), and Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services ($106M).
This section shows forecasts for total product exports and imports for El Salvador. The forecast is based in a long short-term memory model or LSTM constructed using yearly trade data.
*The tariffs applied to imports for El Salvador are:136: Most Favoured Nation duty rate treatement181: Preferential tariff for Central American Common Market CACM (Spanish: Mercado Común Centroamericano MCCA) Central American Integration System SICA182: Preferential tariff for Chile188: Preferential tariff for Chinese Taipei189: Preferential tariff for Colombia192: Preferential tariff for Costa Rica195: Preferential tariff for Cuba199: Preferential tariff for Dominican republic205: Preferential tariff for Ecuador218: Preferential tariff for European Union countries229: Preferential tariff for Guatemala233: Preferential tariff for Honduras270: Preferential tariff for Mexico279: Preferential tariff for Nicaragua285: Preferential tariff for Panama328: Preferential tariff for United States
During the last 20 years El Salvador's economy has become relatively less complex, moving from the 63rd to the 72nd position in the ECI rank.
These economic complexity rankings use 6 digit exports classified according to the HS96 classification. We consider only countries with population of at least 1 million and exports of at least $1 billion, and products with world trade over $500 million. To explore different rankings and vary these parameters visit the custom rankings section.
The top export opportunities for El Salvador according to the relatedness index, are Other Vegetables (0.26), Tropical Fruits (0.26), Crustaceans (0.25), Perfume Plants (0.25), and Cassava (0.25). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that El Salvador is not specialized in.
The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products it is currently specialized in.
The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk and the strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities.
Relatedness is a predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower emissions.
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