Import barriers
Under the CAFTA-DR about 80 % of the industrial and commercial products now enter El Salvador free of duty, with the remaining tariffs phased out over ten years, starting in 2006.
For countries, with which El Salvador does not have a bilateral agreement, most of El Salvador tariffs do not exceed the maximum common external tariff of 15 per cent established by the Central American Common Market (CACM) treaty, of which it is a member.
Non-tariff barriers
There are a couple of barriers that affect the import of produced goods, but El Salvador does maintain a number of barriers to services.
Labeling requirements
The following requirements are included in the Consumer Protection Law:
1) Retailers must have the price of the good either on the packaging or in a visible place.
2) Goods that are sold by weight or volume or any other measure must have the weight, volume, or an exact measure of contents on the label.
3) For pharmaceutical products, the list of components, expiration date, dosage, contraindications, risks involved when used, residual toxic effects established by the Ministry of Health must be on the label.
4) Labels on frozen and canned food products must include an expiration date.
5) Labelling must be in Spanish.
Import documentation: in majority of cases, Salvadorian Customs does not require import licenses and requires only a commercial invoice and bill of lading. | 
