tation:
Ambassador Miguel Angel SALAVERRIA; Chancery at 2308 California Street NW,
Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 265-9671 through 3482; there are
Salvadoran Consulates General in Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans,
New York, and San Francisco
US:
Ambassador William G. WALKER; Embassy at 25 Avenida Norte No. 1230, San
Salvador (mailing address is APO AA 34023); telephone [503] 26-7100; FAX
[503] (26) 5839

:El Salvador Government

Flag:
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with the
national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features
a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA
CENTRAL; similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which has a different coat of
arms centered in the white band - it features a triangle encircled by the
words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; also
similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X
pattern centered in the white band

:El Salvador Economy

Overview:
The agricultural sector accounts for 25% of GDP, employs about 40% of the
labor force, and contributes about 66% to total exports. Coffee is the major
commercial crop, accounting for 45% of export earnings. The manufacturing
sector, based largely on food and beverage processing, accounts for 18% of
GDP and 15% of employment. Economic losses because of guerrilla sabotage
total more than $2 billion since 1979. The costs of maintaining a large
military seriously constrain the government's efforts to provide essential
social services. Nevertheless, growth in national output during the period
1990-91 exceeded growth in population for the first time since 1987.
GDP:
exchange rate conversion - $5.5 billion, per capita $1,010; real growth rate
3% (1991 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
19% (1990)
Unemployment rate:
10% (1989)
Budget:
revenues $751 million; expenditures $790 million, including capital
expenditures of $NA (1990 est.)
Exports:
$580 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)
commodities:
coffee 45%, sugar, cotton, shrimp
partners:
US 49%, Germany 24%, Guatemala 7%, Costa Rica 4%, Japan 4%
Imports:
$1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.)
commodities:
petroleum products, consumer goods, foodstuffs, machinery, construction
materials, fertilizer