Maize Prices in El Salvador
| Variety | Market level | Price (US$/kg) | Local (USD) | MoM | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Farmgate | 0.27 | - | ▲ 16.1% | ▲ 16.1% | FAOSTAT Producer Prices |
| - | Global benchmark | 0.22 | - | ▲ 1.0% | ▲ 6.0% | World Bank Pink Sheet |
As of June 2026, the maize price in El Salvador available is US$ 0.27 per kg, up 16.1% year-on-year.
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Maize Price History & Trend
Monthly maize price, US$ per kg - the line grows each month as we record it. Source: FAOSTAT Producer Prices.
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El Salvador maize - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of maize shipped by El Salvador in 2020 was 136,704 tonnes. In 2019 El Salvador sold 23,040 tonnes of maize. For 2019 alone, the market for El Salvador maize (cereals/grains category) has shrunk, flactuating by -38.197 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, maize's exports grew by 341.72 pc bringing El Salvador US$9.89m for the year 2019. El Salvador's maize exports are categorised as:
- Hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked maize grains (excluding rolled, flaked, pellets and flour) (HS code 110423)
- Maize (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100590)
- Maize seed for sowing (HS code 100510)
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El Salvador maize export values
In 2019, El Salvador exported maize costing 9.89m USD, an improvement of 7.50% from 2018's total maize export of 9.2m USD. The yearly growth in value of El Salvador maize between 2017 to 2018 was 78.571%.
The yearly variation in the amount of El Salvador's maize exports between 2017 and 2019 was 341.72 percent compared to a variation of -38.197% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for El Salvador maize ( in '000$ )
El Salvador's best performing destinations for maize are Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Switzerland.
El Salvador purchased 12,713,296 tonnes of maize in 2019.
Production
The production of maize in El Salvador was 21,618,888 tonnes in 2019 and is projected to change by an average of 26%. The country had an estimated 7,642,128.00 hectares under maize cultivation.