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: | |
Source: www.cia.gov
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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
