Overview
El Salvador has several unions of wholesalers, producers, manufacturers (fabrics, pharmaceutical, plastic, hygienic, basic consumption products among other). For basic products there are more than 30 supermarkets, from which, two have over 100 point of sales each. Plastic products are sold in from supermarkets to small town shops. Many of these products are produced/manufactured in the country, with imported raw product.
Currently the trade has been activated and many companies that closed operations temporarily, started their activities again in 2021. At the beginning of 2022, the economy was activated by 85%, always using biosecurity controls. By 2023 the economy is 100% reactivated.
For more information on suppliers’ contact details, please see the following link: 4.10 Supplier Contact List.
Wholesale – FACELA
Grupo Facela, is a Central American company that was born in El Salvador in 1961. Its first industrial plant was located on Boulevard del Ejército and later moved to its current facilities at kilometer 11 highway to the Port of La Libertad.
Grupo Facela is part of the Holding "Aristos", a Salvadoran business group dedicated to different business areas, among which we can mention its industrial parks: American Park Free Zone and Parque El Progreso, as well as its food companies such as Pizza Hut El Salvador and Guatemala, KFC, Mama Nena, China Wok, Alimentos y Desserts, among others.
It has more than 55 years in the local and international market, with a group of 300 collaborators working in the plant and administrative offices. Their products are school products (pencils, paper, etc.), visibility items, plastic products (Hermetics, squeezes, ball, toys, etc.) and office equipment.
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Supplier Overview |
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Company Name |
FACELA |
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Address |
Km. 11 ½ carretera al Puerto de la Libertad, Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad, El Salvador |
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Does the supplier have its own production / manufacturing capacity? |
Yes |
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Does the supplier have its own retail capacity? |
No – they have distributing companies that take the products to the shops. |
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Does the supplier have its own transport capacity? |
Yes |
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Does the supplier have its own storage facilities? |
Yes |
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Approximate turnover in USD - $
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No information available |
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Payment Methods Accepted |
Credit, cash |
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Other Comments or Key Information |
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*Basic details for the main office should be shown here, additional contact details for local/regional offices and full contact details for the main office to be included in section 4.10 Supplier Contact List.
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Other Locations |
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Region(s) |
Service Location(s) |
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El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Republica Dominicana |
San Salvador Guatemala Tegucigalpa Managua San Jose Panama Santo Domingo |
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Primary Goods / Commodities Available |
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Commodities by Type** (SITC Rev 4 Division Code - Title) |
Comments |
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24/27 - Crude materials, inedible, except fuel |
Fuel wood, crude fertilizers, sand/stone/gravel |
Only gravel is produced in the country, the rest is imported. |
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51 to 59 - Chemical and related products |
Chlorine, pharmaceuticals, soaps, plastic tubes/pipes, chemical fertilizers |
Even though there are pharmaceutical and chemical labs, most of the raw material is imported. |
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61 to 69 - Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material |
Rubber tyres, wood pallets, textiles, cement, iron/steel pipe fittings, copper wire, metal tanks |
Raw material is imported for all products. For wires, there is no manufacture, it is brought from abroad. |
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71 to 79 - Machinery and transport equipment |
Engine/machine parts, generators, sewing machines, pumps, telecoms equipment, vehicles |
Engines and vehicles are imported as well as raw material for telecom equipment. Many Brocken vehicles are brought to the country to be fixed and sold as second hand. |
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81 to 89 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
Prefabricated buildings, lighting fixtures, furniture, clothing, medical/surgical instruments |
Raw material is imported, and many finalized products are also imported. |
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91/93/96/97 - Commodities not classified elsewhere |
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**For FOOD products please see section 3.5.1 Food Suppliers, and for FUEL/PETROLEUM products please see section 3.1 Fuel.
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