What is the price of cotton per kilogram/pound in El Salvador today?
The retail price range for El Salvador cotton is between US$ 1.93 and US$ 8.20 per kilogram or between US$ 0.87 and US$ 3.72 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of cotton in El Salvador
The retail price range in US Dollar for cotton is between USD 1.93 and USD 8.20 per kilogram or between USD 0.87 and USD 3.72 per pound(lb) in San Salvador and Soyapango .
Wholesale prices
In 2026, the approximate wholesale price range for El Salvador cotton is between US$ 1.35 and US$ 5.74 per kilogram or between US$ 0.61 and US$ 2.60 per pound(lb).
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El Salvador cotton - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The amount of cotton exported by El Salvador in 2020 was 2,703 tonnes. In 2019 El Salvador shipped 3,455 tonnes of cotton. In 2019 alone, the interest in El Salvador cotton (processed category) has shrunk, recording a change of -15.111 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, cotton's exports reduced by -18.49 pc bringing the exporter US$2.90m for the year 2019. El Salvador's cotton exports are classified as:
- Cotton waste (excluding yarn waste, thread waste and garnetted stock) (HS code 520299)
- Cotton, neither carded nor combed (HS code 520100)
- Cotton linters (HS code 140420)
- Cotton yarn waste, incl. thread waste (HS code 520210)
- Garnetted stock of cotton (HS code 520291)
- Cotton, carded or combed (HS code 520300)
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El Salvador cotton export values
In 2019, El Salvador exported cotton worth 2.90m USD, a decrease of -28.41% from 2018's total cotton export of 4.051m USD. The yearly reduction in value of El Salvador cotton between 2017 to 2018 was 19.781 percent.
The per year variation in the quantity of El Salvador's cotton exports between 2017 and 2019 was -18.49 percent compared to a variation of -15.111% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for El Salvador cotton ( in '000$ )
El Salvador's leading destinations for cotton are Belgium, Cuba, Colombia, Italy and Nicaragua.
El Salvador imported 37,295 tonnes of cotton in 2019.