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About

El Salvador-Chile Trade: In 2022, El Salvador exported $11.8M to Chile. The main products that El Salvador exported to Chile were Raw Sugar ($3.44M), Knit T-shirts ($1.81M), and Other Plastic Products ($973k). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Chile have increased at an annualized rate of 6%, from $8.85M in 2017 to $11.8M in 2022.

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

Chile-El Salvador Trade: In 2022, Chile exported $76.1M to El Salvador. The main products that Chile exported to El Salvador were Apples and Pears ($11M), Sulfate Chemical Woodpulp ($8.05M), and Toilet Paper ($5.31M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Chile to El Salvador have decreased at an annualized rate of 2.08%,  from $84.5M in 2017 to $76.1M in 2022.

In 2022, Chile 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, Chile ranked 74 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.18), and 44 in total exports ($99B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, El Salvador exported $11.8M to Chile. The main products exported from El Salvador to Chile were Raw Sugar ($3.44M), Knit T-shirts ($1.81M), and Other Plastic Products ($973k). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Chile have increased at an annualized rate of 6%, from $8.85M in 2017 to $11.8M in 2022.

In 2017, Chile exported $76.1M to El Salvador. The main products exported from Chile to El Salvador were Apples and Pears ($11M), Sulfate Chemical Woodpulp ($8.05M), and Toilet Paper ($5.31M). During the last 5 years the exports of Chile to El Salvador have decreased at an annualized rate of 2.08%, from $84.5M in 2022 to $76.1M in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

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

El Salvador Exports

Chile Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.87B
Chile
Top Destination
China$38.5B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Chile than El Salvador included China ($38.5B), United States ($13.9B), and Japan ($7.43B).

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

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - Chile

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, El Salvador had a large net trade with Chile in the exports of Textiles ($4.38M), Foodstuffs ($3.56M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($1.39M).

During 2017, Chile had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Paper Goods ($20.1M), Vegetable Products ($18.6M), and Foodstuffs ($14.4M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential El Salvador Chile+$2.7MKnit T-shirts
Top Product Potential Chile El Salvador+$854kPackaged Medicaments

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

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

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