Weekly Report - 5 May 2011 (WR-11-18)

EL SALVADOR | Trade deficit. El Salvador registered a trade deficit of US$1.0bn in the first quarter of 2011, a 17% increase on the same period in 2010, according to the central bank. Exports and imports reached US$1.39bn and US$2.42bn respectively, representing increases of 28% and 23%. Traditional exports totalled US$260m, up 86% on the same period in 2010, while non-traditional exports totalled US$852m, up 20% on the first quarter last year.

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