# El Salvador exports to Costa Rica: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, El Salvador reported $230.0M in goods exports to Costa Rica. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $230.0M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 44.7% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 13 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 17.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 481810 | Paper: toilet paper | $87.0M | 36.4% | High attention |
| 2 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $47.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $24.1M | 8.8% | High attention |
| 4 | 481820 | Paper articles: handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels | $39.2M | 6.6% | Watch |
| 5 | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $86.4M | 22.1% | Watch |
| 6 | 392321 | Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | $69.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 481910 | Paper and paperboard: cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard | $63.1M | 37.7% | Watch |
| 8 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 80 volts, not fitted with connectors | $92.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $74.6M | 0% | Stable |
| 10 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $413.9M | 10.9% | Stable |

## 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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