commodities—petroleum products, consumer goods, foodstuffs, machinery, construction materials, fertilizer;
partners—US 40%, Guatemala 12%, Venezuela 7%, Mexico 7%, FRG 5%, Japan 4%
_#_External debt: $2.1 billion (December 1990 est.)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate 2.4% (1990); accounts for 22% of GDP
_#_Electricity: 682,000 kW capacity; 1,849 million kWh produced, 350 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: food processing, textiles, clothing, beverages, petroleum, tobacco products, chemicals, furniture
_#_Agriculture: accounts for 25% of GDP and 40% of labor force (including fishing and forestry); coffee most important commercial crop; other products—sugarcane, corn, rice, beans, oilseeds, beef, dairy products, shrimp; not self-sufficient in food
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-90), $2.95 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $455 million
_#_Currency: Salvadoran colon (plural—colones); 1 Salvadoran colon (C) = 100 centavos
_#_Exchange rates: Salvadoran colones (C) per US$1—8.0 (April 1991, floating rate since mid-1990); 5.0000 (fixed rate 1986 to mid-1990)