The president of the Salvadoran Corporation of Exporters (Coexport), Vilma Calderon, explained that this behavior is rare. "Exports have not fallen at all, instead they have increased by 20% as of August, they are three times the growth rate for 2007 when we grew 7.5%. We are now growing at 20%, this is very unusual because we have grown in non-traditional products exported to markets in the United States and Central America," the Corporation's representative pointed out.

Source: elsalvador.com

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