# Mexico exports to El Salvador: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Mexico to El Salvador, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/MEX-SLV/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Mexico reported $951.3M in goods exports to El Salvador. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $951.3M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 54.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 65 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 13.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $244.6M | 0% | Watch |
| 2 | 080440 | Fruit, edible: avocados, fresh or dried | $40.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $297.1M | 0% | Stable |
| 4 | 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $58.2M | 40% | High attention |
| 5 | 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $152.6M | 0% | Watch |
| 6 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $59.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $37.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 80 volts, not fitted with connectors | $68.9M | 56.4% | High attention |
| 9 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $228.4M | 0% | Stable |
| 10 | 220299 | Non-alcoholic beverages: other than non-alcoholic beer, n.e.c. in item no. 2202.10, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | $68.7M | 0% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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