According to El Salvador’s central bank (BCR), the country’s exports in the first eight months of 2018 reached US$4.05bn, up 3.6% on the same period in 2017. Of the total, US$1.78bn went to the US, up 2.3% on the same period in 2017. According to the BCR, the main exports to the US were clothing items such as lingerie, accessories, and outerwear – followed by electrical machines and appliances, coffee, and unrefined sugar. As regards Central America, Honduras was El Salvador’s main export market, accounting for US$619m worth of exports, followed by Guatemala (US$562m). The BCR press release also notes that El Salvador’s imports increased 10.6% in the first eight months of 2018, to reach US$6.9bn. This left the country with a US$3.6bn trade deficit over the reporting period, up 19.7% on the same period the previous year.
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