- Exports
- $11.6B138 partners
- Imports
- $17.0B139 partners
- Balance
- −$5.38Bdeficit
- Total trade
- $28.6B2024
Exports and imports, 1995 to 2024
In current US dollars, not adjusted for prices.
Where its exports go
The largest partners in 2024, with each one's share of the nation's exports.
| Partner | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $5.71B | 49% | |
| Nicaragua | $990M | 8.5% | |
| El Salvador | $759M | 6.5% | |
| Guatemala | $704M | 6.1% | |
| Mexico | $650M | 5.6% | |
| Canada | $393M | 3.4% | |
| Germany | $321M | 2.8% | |
| Netherlands | $187M | 1.6% | |
| Costa Rica | $187M | 1.6% | |
| Italy | $167M | 1.4% | |
| United Kingdom | $163M | 1.4% | |
| Dominican Republic | $149M | 1.3% | |
| Belgium | $124M | 1.1% | |
| China | $106M | 0.9% | |
| France | $104M | 0.9% | |
| Spain | $80.4M | 0.7% | |
| South Korea | $76.3M | 0.7% | |
| Japan | $63.7M | 0.5% | |
| Australia | $53.0M | 0.5% | |
| Switzerland | $51.8M | 0.4% |
Where its imports come from
The largest partners in 2024, with each one's share of the nation's imports.
| Partner | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $5.93B | 35% | |
| China | $2.63B | 15% | |
| Guatemala | $1.33B | 7.8% | |
| Mexico | $1.06B | 6.2% | |
| El Salvador | $965M | 5.7% | |
| Costa Rica | $553M | 3.3% | |
| Germany | $361M | 2.1% | |
| Nicaragua | $309M | 1.8% | |
| India | $284M | 1.7% | |
| Brazil | $280M | 1.6% | |
| Japan | $255M | 1.5% | |
| Thailand | $229M | 1.3% | |
| Vietnam | $198M | 1.2% | |
| Colombia | $172M | 1.0% | |
| Ecuador | $169M | 1.0% | |
| Spain | $161M | 1.0% | |
| Peru | $158M | 0.9% | |
| South Korea | $155M | 0.9% | |
| Argentina | $151M | 0.9% | |
| Russia | $135M | 0.8% |
What it exports
The largest categories in 2024.
| Category | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted | $3.01B | 26% | |
| Electrical, electronic equipment | $1.58B | 14% | |
| Coffee, tea, mate and spices | $1.39B | 12% | |
| Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted | $557M | 4.8% | |
| Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products | $533M | 4.6% | |
| Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons | $517M | 4.5% | |
| Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates | $305M | 2.6% | |
| Plastics | $264M | 2.3% | |
| Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins | $240M | 2.1% | |
| Tobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes | $223M | 1.9% | |
| Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder | $190M | 1.6% | |
| Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | $184M | 1.6% | |
| Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations | $170M | 1.5% | |
| Sugars and sugar confectionery | $165M | 1.4% | |
| Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products | $162M | 1.4% |
What it imports
The largest categories in 2024.
| Category | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products | $2.65B | 16% | |
| Vehicles other than railway, tramway | $1.56B | 9.2% | |
| Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers | $1.27B | 7.5% | |
| Electrical, electronic equipment | $1.16B | 6.8% | |
| Plastics | $707M | 4.2% | |
| Pharmaceutical products | $671M | 4.0% | |
| Cotton | $642M | 3.8% | |
| Iron and steel | $584M | 3.4% | |
| Miscellaneous edible preparations | $508M | 3.0% | |
| Manmade staple fibers | $442M | 2.6% | |
| Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board | $438M | 2.6% | |
| Cereals | $431M | 2.5% | |
| Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted | $362M | 2.1% | |
| Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder | $330M | 1.9% | |
| Articles of iron or steel | $274M | 1.6% |
The bar runs to the largest in its list. The line is each figure’s history from 2000, drawn to its own peak: it shows the shape of the years, and the value shows the size.
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