Agriculture—products: coffee, sugarcane, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef, dairy products; shrimp
Exports: $1.96 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
Exports—commodities: coffee, sugar; shrimp; textiles
Exports—partners: US, Guatemala, Germany, Costa Rica, Honduras
Imports: $3.5 billion (c.i.f., 1997 est.)
Imports—commodities: raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels
Imports—partners: US, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Japan
Debt—external: $2.6 billion (yearend 1997)
Economic aid—recipient: $391.7 million (1995); note?US has committed $280 million in economic assistance to El Salvador for 1995-97 (excludes military aid)
Currency: 1 Salvadoran colon (C) = 100 centavos