# El Salvador HS 520531 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 520531 exports from El Salvador: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | El Salvador | | HS6 | 520531 | | Latest exports | $3.4M | | Active destinations | 5 | | Three-year growth | +13.2% | | Destination HHI | 8,009 | | Weighted share | 60.2% | ## Destination markets - USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $3.0M; share 60.1%; growth +12.1% - Mexico: $150.7K; share 46.6%; growth +23.7% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Italy at $5.0K / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Ecuador at $1.0K / ton. - Median reported price: $1.7K / ton. - Price spread: 240.1%. ## Export history - 2006: $49.8K - 2007: $82.6K - 2008: $3.6K - 2009: $70.8K - 2010: $79.6K - 2011: $256.6 - 2016: $3.6K - 2017: $43.7K - 2018: $651.3K - 2019: $1.3M - 2020: $1.8M - 2021: $2.2M - 2022: $3.3M - 2023: $3.2M - 2024: $3.3M ## 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 ```json { "template": "T3", "templateName": "Product Exporter Position Profile", "source": "api", "publisher": { "name": "Yugalinks", "url": "https://www.yugalinks.com" }, "canonical": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/slv/520531", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/520531", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/slv/520531", "methodology": "https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology" }, "methodology": { "summary": "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.", "reportedValues": "Merchandise trade observations for an exporter, HS6 product, destination market, and available year.", "destinations": "Destination rows are ranked by latest observed exporter-lane value.", "prices": "Unit values are reported trade value divided by reported quantity where quantity is positive.", "missingData": "Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed." }, "exporter": { "hs_code": "520531", "exporter_iso3": "SLV", "first_data_year": 1995, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 14, "current_lane_count": 5, "active_market_count": 5, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 3386303.8684506053, "exports_current_2024_usd": 3256717.619511815, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 3266893.754197577, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 2777401.2764370693, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 1763027.2227657167, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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