My 2nd wife is from El Salvador..................the major export is coffee.............she told me most of it goes to Starbucks......



the most important crop during the colonial period,^[12][13]and followed thereafter by coffee, which by the early 20th century accounted for 90 percent of export earnings.^[9][14] El Salvador has since reduced its dependence on coffee^[15] and embarked on diversifying the economy by opening up trade and financial links and expanding the manufacturing sector. The colón, the official currency of El Salvador since 1892, was replaced by the U.S. dollar in 2001.