How much does the U.S. import from El Salvador?

across the 34 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from El Salvador totaled $165.2M in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It excludes manufacturing products outside the tracked family universe.

What effective calculated-duty rate is observed for imports from El Salvador?

In 2025, imports from El Salvador had an effective calculated-duty rate of 12.46% across tracked families. The rate is reported Calculated Duties divided by the customs value covered by those duty observations, which reflects the combined product, origin, preference and tariff mix in USITC's statistics. A year earlier the rate was 0.42%.

Is the tariff burden on El Salvador rising or falling?

Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from El Salvador moved +12 points year over year to 12.46% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

Tariff Monitor

Tariffs on Imports From El Salvador

In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $165.2M of goods from El Salvador across 34 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, carrying an effective calculated-duty rate of 12.46%, up from 0.42% the year before. El Salvador's largest tracked categories: insulated wire and cable, capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards, plastic semi-finished products. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.

The current reading

Tracked imports from El Salvador: $165.2M in 2025 across 34 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
Observed effective calculated-duty rate: 12.46% (0.42% the year before), reported Calculated Duties ÷ covered customs value.
History depth: 2 years of annual named-source boards.

Largest tracked families from El Salvador

Insulated wire and cable
Capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards
Plastic semi-finished products
Aluminum semi-finished products
Compressors and fans

Frequently asked questions

How much does the U.S. import from El Salvador? across the 34 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from El Salvador totaled $165.2M in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It excludes manufacturing products outside the tracked family universe.
What effective calculated-duty rate is observed for imports from El Salvador? In 2025, imports from El Salvador had an effective calculated-duty rate of 12.46% across tracked families. The rate is reported Calculated Duties divided by the customs value covered by those duty observations, which reflects the combined product, origin, preference and tariff mix in USITC's statistics. A year earlier the rate was 0.42%.
What does the U.S. import most from El Salvador? Among tracked manufacturing families, El Salvador's largest recent categories are insulated wire and cable, capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards, plastic semi-finished products, aluminum semi-finished products. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
Is the tariff burden on El Salvador rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from El Salvador moved +12 points year over year to 12.46% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

About this data

Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling. MFN-Free and Special-rate fields describe statutory line coverage only; final entry liability requires origin, date, eligibility, exclusions and other transaction facts. Calculated Duties are statistical estimates, not a cash-collections ledger. Confirm classification, origin, program eligibility, and final entry liability with a licensed customs broker.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05.