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1.13. According to the payroll records reported by employers to the Salvadoran Social Security Institute, 948,810 people were employed in August 2022 (756,029 in the private sector and 192,781 in the public sector), maintaining the growing trend observed throughout the year, despite the difficulties of the international environment and the impact of natural disasters that have affected the country. (...)

2.17. El Salvador has also developed a National Digital Agenda 2020-30 bringing together a set of actions aimed at strengthening a national digital ecosystem to boost the country's sustainable development and social well-being (...)

2.25. The Tegucigalpa Protocol of 13 December 1991 signed by Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama establishes and consolidates the Central American Integration System (SICA) (...). SICA comprises four subsystems: (...) the Environmental Integration Subsystem; (...)

2.30. (...) The basic objectives of the ACS[the Association of Caribbean States] are to create an expanded economic area, preserve the environmental integrity of the Caribbean Sea and promote the sustainable development of the region. In pursuit of these objectives, the ACS focuses its work on areas such as trade, transport, sustainable tourism and the prevention of natural disasters.

3.17. In addition to those already mentioned, trade facilitation measures implemented by El Salvador in recent years include (...). New technology includes (...) the creation of the Environmental Health Information System (SISAM). (...)

3.21. (...) Moreover, the UNCTAD Sustainability Score for National Trade Facilitation Committees published in 2022 awarded El Salvador 73 out of 100, indicating that the prospects for El Salvador's NTFC being sustainable over time are good.

3.54. (...) El Salvador also prohibits the import of certain products under international conventions, for example, environmentally harmful substances and residues (Basel Convention), ozone-depleting substances (Montreal Protocol) and certain plant and animal species (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)).

3.55. The import of a number of products is restricted for reasons of public health, public safety, environmental protection and plant or animal health. Permits, authorizations, certificates and/or approval must be obtained from the appropriate regulatory institutions for their import. (...) The list of goods subject to some form of restriction has not changed since the last review except for a new category covering air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and motors, added on energy efficiency grounds (Table 3.9). (...)

Table 3.9 Goods subject to import permits, authorizations or approval, 2022
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Description: Hydrocarbons
Reason: Protection of the environment
Regulatory institution: Ministry of Economic Affairs
Legal basis: Law regulating the storage, transport and distribution of petroleum products
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Table 3.9 Goods subject to import permits, authorizations or approval, 2022
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Description: Ozone depleting substances
Reason: Protection of the environment
Regulatory institution: Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Legal basis: Law on the environment; Special Regulations on the control of ozone depleting substances; Montreal Protocol
(...)