Export to El Salvador

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FULL NAME:  Republic of El Salvador

CAPITAL:  San Salvador

POPULATION:  6.2 million (UN, 2009)

MAIN CITIES:  San Salvador, Santa Ana, San Miguel, Zacatecoluca

LANGUAGE:  Spanish

CURRENCY:  US Dollar

TIME ZONE:  GMT-6

INTERNATIONAL DIALLING CODE:  +503

INTERNET DOMAIN:  .sv

ECONOMY

El Salvador has developed a strong economy based on its successful textiles and clothes manufacturing industry.  El Salvador is growing its services sector and especially call centres in the financial sector.

El Salvador is a member of the World Trade Organisation.  It has free trade agreements with Chile, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Panama, Taiwan, Colombia & Central America.  Free Trade Agreements with Canada and the European Union are under negotiation.

KEY INDUSTRIES

  • Food Processing
  • Beverages
  • Petroleum
  • Chemicals
  • Fertilizer
  • Textiles
  • Furniture
  • Light metals

EXPORT COMMODITIES

  • Offshore assembly exports
  • Coffee
  • Sugar
  • Textiles and apparel
  • Gold
  • Ethanol
  • Chemicals
  • Electricity
  • Iron and steel manufactures

IMPORT COMMODITIES

  • Raw materials
  • Consumer goods
  • Capital goods
  • Fuels
  • Foodstuffs
  • Petroleum
  • Electricity

EXPORTS – PARTNERS

  • US 43.86%
  • Guatemala 13.92%
  • Honduras 13.22%
  • Nicaragua 5.65% (2009)

IMPORTS – PARTNERS

  • US 29.79%
  • Mexico 10.26%
  • Guatemala 9.7%
  • China 4.5%
  • Honduras 4.4% (2009)

Source: www.cia.gov

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$42.92 billion (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 94 $44.24 billion (2008 est.)$43.16 billion (2007 est.)note: data are in 2009 US dollars

 

GDP – real growth rate:

-3% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 163 2.5% (2008 est.)4.7% (2007 est.)
   
GDP – per capita (PPP):

$7,100 (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 124 $7,400 (2008 est.)$7,200 (2007 est.)note: data are in 2009 US dollars
   
GDP – composition by sector:

  • agriculture: 10.6%
  • industry: 28.9%
  • services: 60.5% (2009 est.)

Source: www.cia.gov

 

ONLINE SOURCES

Ministry of Economy El Salvador – www.minec.gob.sv

PROESA – Promoting Investment – www.prosea.com.sv

El Salvador Travel – www.elsalvador.travel/

NEWSPAPERS

La Prensa Grafica  

El Mundo

El Diario de Hoy

El Diario Co Latino 

El Faro

 

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