EL SALVADOR INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE: EXPORTS IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS                                                                                        


                                                                                                             Proj. Ann. Growth
COUNTRY                              1987        1988        1989        1990        1991        1992        1993*     1987-92

COSTA RICA                         32,195      32,125      44,959      47,577      44,400      49,691      59,221           9%
GUATEMALA                          72,854      91,894     114,890     103,053     108,071     118,878     140,274          10%
HONDURAS                            9,303      12,764      17,054      16,820      21,532      16,300      19,241          12%
NICARAGUA                           5,246       3,094       3,024       9,337      23,274      25,601      30,207          37%
EXPORTS TO CACM                   119,598     139,877     179,927     176,787     197,277     210,470     248,942          12%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
ARGENTINA                             112          28           0         130       1,197         137         165           4%
BAHAMAS                                 0           0           0          16           0           0           0 
BARBADOS                                0           0           0       2,499           0           0           0 
BELIZE                                585       1,001       2,245       3,706       4,140       2,105       2,484          29%
BERMUDA                                 0           0           0           0           0          10          10 
BOLIVIA                                 0           0           0           0         197           5           0 
BRAZIL                                  0           0           0       1,605           0          20          24 
CHILE                                  32         201         346         474         555       5,065       5,687         175%
COLOMBIA                               32          42          24          54         203         223         261          47%
CUBA                                    0           0           0           0           9          10          10 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC                  4,179       2,642       3,872       4,689       3,687       4,055       4,786          -1%
ECUADOR                                88           0          63          50          48         223         246          20%
GUADELOUPE                              0           0           0           4           0           0           0 
HAITI                                 139         106         179         131       1,291       1,420       1,676          59%
JAMAICA                                 0           0           0         210           0           0           0 
MEXICO                                315       1,499       3,792       4,749       8,112       8,924       9,727          95%
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES                1,213         863       5,662         743         614         676         797         -11%
PANAMA                             10,848       6,786       6,318       9,988       9,941      10,306      11,057          -1%
PARAGUAY                                0           0           0         113           0           0           0 
PERU                                    0           0         149          69         128         304         359 
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES          0           0           0           2           0           0           0 
SURINAME                                0           0           0          34           0           0           0 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                     0           0           0          34           0           5          12 
URUGUAY                                21          40           0          73         449           0           0 
VENEZUELA                               0         187         857         197         184       8,344       9,094 
                                                                                                                  
TOTAL EXPORTS TO LAC              137,162     153,272     203,434     206,357     228,032     252,302     295,338          13%
LAC % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                 23%         25%         37%         35%         39%         34%         33%
                                                                                                                  
WORLD TOTAL                       590,930     608,760     556,810     593,160     588,240     749,170     889,219           5%
                                                                                                                  
UNITED STATES                     266,270     240,918     202,391     197,369     199,347     372,000     462,767           7%
U.S. % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                45%         40%         36%         33%         34%         50%         52%
                                                                                                                  
EU                                150,430     167,180     119,200     173,690     130,090      86,680      85,767         -10%
EU % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                  25%         27%         21%         29%         22%         12%         10%
                                                                                                                  
JAPAN                              25,535      27,581      16,450       6,532      15,662       5,173       8,226         -27%
JAPAN % OF TOTAL EXPORTS                4%          5%          3%          1%          3%          1%          1%
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
Source: IMF, "Direction of Trade Statistics."                                                                     
Note: IMF data will differ slightly from U.S. Dept. of Commerce f.a.s. export data due to differences in reporting methodology.
* 1993 projection based on data for first 10 months of 1992 and 1993.