El Salvador Imports from China was US$1.97 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. El Salvador Imports from China - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on April of 2025.


El Salvador Imports from China Value Year
Electrical, electronic equipment $408.01M 2024
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers $338.91M 2024
Plastics $182.58M 2024
Vehicles other than railway, tramway $133.29M 2024
Iron and steel $117.07M 2024
Articles of iron or steel $66.56M 2024
Furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings $51.35M 2024
Rubbers $42.00M 2024
Footwear, gaiters and the like, $41.22M 2024
Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus $41.15M 2024
Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted $41.14M 2024
Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted $34.45M 2024
Toys, games, sports requisites $30.38M 2024
Knitted or crocheted fabric $27.51M 2024
Aluminum $25.80M 2024
Organic chemicals $24.17M 2024
Fertilizers $23.97M 2024
Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board $23.71M 2024
Miscellanneous manufactured articles $21.43M 2024
Miscellaneous chemical products $21.10M 2024
Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good $19.78M 2024
Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal $18.64M 2024
Miscellaneous articles of base metal $18.18M 2024
Glass and glassware $14.69M 2024
Ceramic products $14.64M 2024
Manmade filaments $14.62M 2024
Manmade staple fibers $14.41M 2024
Other made textile articles, sets, worn clothing $13.08M 2024
Tanning, dyeing extracts, tannins, derivatives, pigments $10.58M 2024
Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal $9.95M 2024
Impregnated, coated or laminated textile fabric $9.76M 2024
Special woven or tufted fabric, lace, tapestry $9.59M 2024
Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope $9.20M 2024
Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toileteries $8.86M 2024
Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials $5.86M 2024
Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins $5.85M 2024
Headgear and $5.75M 2024
Printed books, newspapers, pictures $5.72M 2024
Cotton $4.92M 2024
Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes $4.75M 2024
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers $4.63M 2024
Pharmaceutical products $4.00M 2024
Bird skin, feathers, artificial flowers, human hair $3.55M 2024
Wadding, felt, nonwovens, yarns, twine, cordage $3.54M 2024
Explosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics $3.21M 2024
Sugars and sugar confectionery $3.19M 2024
Miscellaneous edible preparations $3.08M 2024
Cereals $3.08M 2024
Base metals not specified elsewhere, cermets. $2.94M 2024
Clocks and watches $2.73M 2024
Umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips $2.60M 2024
Musical instruments, parts and accessories $2.37M 2024
Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations $2.27M 2024
Albuminoids, modified starches, glues, enzymes $2.18M 2024
Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products $1.90M 2024
Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement $1.88M 2024
Copper $1.49M 2024
Carpets and other textile floor coverings $1.17M 2024
Aircraft, spacecraft $743.03K 2024
Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits $734.82K 2024
Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder $723.56K 2024
Coffee, tea, mate and spices $591.79K 2024
Photographic or cinematographic goods $568.21K 2024
Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment $497.28K 2024
Lac, gums, resins $463.29K 2024
Zinc $439.96K 2024
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates $391.74K 2024
Cocoa and cocoa preparations $297.37K 2024
Beverages, spirits and vinegar $272.94K 2024
Arms and ammunition, parts and accessories $180.37K 2024
Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products $166.11K 2024
Ships, boats, and other floating structures $143.91K 2024
Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products $136.40K 2024
Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques $99.78K 2024
Manufacturers of plaiting material, basketwork $93.59K 2024
Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible products $70.30K 2024
Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures $68.53K 2024
Milling products, malt, starches, inlin, wheat gluten $42.75K 2024
Tin $35.87K 2024
Vegetable textile fibers not specified elsewhere, paper yarn, woven fabric $31.28K 2024
Silk $29.86K 2024
Tobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes $22.88K 2024
Commodities not specified according to kind $19.49K 2024
Meat, fish and seafood preparations $16.78K 2024
Ores slag and ash $15.68K 2024
Cork and articles of cork $12.39K 2024
Nickel $11.69K 2024
Lead $10.98K 2024
Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric $9.28K 2024
Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers $6.30K 2024
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather $5.05K 2024
Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons $141 2024
Vegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products $96 2024
Pulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste $91 2024
Products of animal origin $62 2024
Meat and edible meat offal $53 2024
Live animals $3.67K 2023




el salvador Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Balance of Trade -764.59 -901.64 -14.62 -947.32 USD Million [+]
Current Account -415.27 -79.11 227.76 -1130.00 USD Million [+]
Current Account to GDP -4.50 -6.60 1.60 -8.50 percent of GDP [+]
Exports 551.35 545.67 720.25 47.71 USD Million [+]
Imports 1315.94 1447.31 1613.09 90.99 USD Million [+]
Capital Flows -288.58 -92.18 924.80 -702.64 USD Million [+]
Remittances 677.13 832.73 832.73 53.10 USD Million [+]
Gold Reserves 1.37 1.37 14.59 1.37 Tonnes [+]
External Debt to GDP 35.70 37.60 47.10 28.50 percent of GDP [+]
Foreign Direct Investment 225.37 -33.60 714.80 -275.54 USD Million [+]
Terrorism Index 0.00 0.00 3.15 0.00 Points [+]
External Debt 23118.65 22570.08 23118.65 7620.97 USD Million [+]