# El Salvador HS 482020 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 482020 exports from El Salvador: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | El Salvador |
| HS6 | 482020 |
| Latest exports | $2.4M |
| Active destinations | 12 |
| Three-year growth | +19.5% |
| Destination HHI | 3,796 |
| Weighted share | 11.5% |

## Destination markets

- Nicaragua: $305.1K; share 2.5%; growth -15.1%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Dominican Republic at $176.8K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Belize at $71.4 / ton.
- Median reported price: $2.6K / ton.
- Price spread: 6,920.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $1.4M
- 2011: $1.7M
- 2012: $1.5M
- 2013: $1.4M
- 2014: $1.3M
- 2015: $1.7M
- 2016: $1.8M
- 2017: $1.4M
- 2018: $1.9M
- 2019: $1.7M
- 2020: $1.1M
- 2021: $1.4M
- 2022: $2.2M
- 2023: $2.4M
- 2024: $2.4M

## Methods

Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.

Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed.

## Complete structured values

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