El Salvador's logistics sector employs 27,000

©image: Carolyn Coles

Indicators such as the Volume of Economic Activity show that the most active areas are in transport, storage and communications.
Even more impressive is the fact that the social services institute reports growth of 21.1 percent in this sector during the first quarter of the year.
The nation's central bank estimates that logistics account for about 9.6 percent of total Gross Domestic Product.

Source: elsalvador.com

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