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About

El Salvador-Argentina Trade: In 2022, El Salvador exported $2.23M to Argentina. The main products that El Salvador exported to Argentina were Packaged Medicaments ($1.53M), Coffee ($114k), and Interchangeable Tool Parts ($107k). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Argentina have increased at an annualized rate of 24.8%, from $735k in 2017 to $2.23M in 2022.

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

Argentina-El Salvador Trade: In 2022, Argentina exported $72.5M to El Salvador. The main products that Argentina exported to El Salvador were Delivery Trucks ($39.6M), Soybean Oil ($6.08M), and Packaged Medicaments ($3.88M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Argentina to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 12.1%,  from $36.5M in 2017 to $72.5M in 2022.

In 2022, Argentina 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, Argentina ranked 61 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.064), and 47 in total exports ($87.2B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, El Salvador exported $2.23M to Argentina. The main products exported from El Salvador to Argentina were Packaged Medicaments ($1.53M), Coffee ($114k), and Interchangeable Tool Parts ($107k). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Argentina have increased at an annualized rate of 24.8%, from $735k in 2017 to $2.23M in 2022.

In 2017, Argentina exported $72.5M to El Salvador. The main products exported from Argentina to El Salvador were Delivery Trucks ($39.6M), Soybean Oil ($6.08M), and Packaged Medicaments ($3.88M). During the last 5 years the exports of Argentina to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 12.1%, from $36.5M in 2022 to $72.5M in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

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

El Salvador Exports

Argentina Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.87B
Argentina
Top Destination
Brazil$12.6B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Argentina than El Salvador included Brazil ($12.6B), China ($8B), and Chile ($5.11B).

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

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - Argentina

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, El Salvador had a large net trade with Argentina in the exports of Chemical Products ($1.53M), Textiles ($324k), and Metals ($139k).

During 2017, Argentina had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Transportation ($43.3M), Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($7.81M), and Chemical Products ($5.83M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential El Salvador Argentina+$2.05MPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential Argentina El Salvador+$2.96MCars

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

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

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