Overview El Salvador

Currency

1 Salvadoran colón (₡) = 100 centavos;

US dollar circulates as legal tender since January 1, 2001
Fiscal year calendar year
Statistics
GDP

(PPP)$44.077 billion (2010 est.) (PPP per capita) $7,442

(nominal) 22.023 billion (2010 est.)Nominal per capitaa $3,718
GDP growth <1.0% (2010 est.)
GDP by sector agriculture: 10.8%; industry: 29.1%; services: 60.1% (2008 est.)
Inflation (CPI) 0.6% (2009 est.)
Population
below poverty line		 30.7% (2009 est.)
Gini coefficient 48.5
Labour force 2.917 million (2009 est.)
Labour force
by occupation		 agriculture: 19%; industry: 23%; services: 58%
Unemployment 7.2% (2007 est.)
Main industries food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals
Ease of Doing Business Rank 112th[1]
External
Exports $3.849 billion (2009 est.)
Export goods offshore assembly exports, coffee,sugar, shrimp, textiles, chemicals, electricity
Main export partners US 43.86%, Guatemala 13.92%,Honduras 13.22%, Nicaragua 5.65% (2007)
Imports $6.697 billion (2009 est.)
Import goods raw materials (such as thread from US [1]), consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity
Main import partners US 29.79%, Mexico 10.26%,Guatemala 9.7%, China 4.5%Honduras 4.4(2009)
Gross external debt $1.19 billion (2008 est.)
Public finances
Revenues $3.584 billion
Expenses $4.756 billion, (2009 est.)
Economic aid $300 million (2010 est.)
Credit rating BB- (Domestic)
BB- (Foreign)
AAA (T&C Assessment)
(Standard & Poor's)[2]
Foreign reserves US$3.250 billion (March 2011)[3]
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars

In El Salvador, Intercargo provide a full range of freight forwarding and Courier services, below is list of our most popular services;