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Ecuadorian roses entered the United States’ System of Tariff Preferences (GSP). With this, this product –since November 1– enters the United States with a 0% tariff (before it was 6.8%), which contributes to improving its competitiveness in this important market. Ecuadorian...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) assured that “the debts do not disappear”, referring to the comments from Italy on the possibility of canceling the debt contracted by governments to face the pandemic, stressing that the best way to facilitate the service of...

Leaders and representatives of the different artisanal fishing cooperatives in the country are planning, this Monday, November 30, a march in Guayaquil to express their opposition to giving way to an eventual expansion of the Galapagos marine reserve, greater security for their...

Ecuador aims to list shares of state oil company Petroecuador in the medium term after concluding a merger process at the end of the year with fellow state oil company Petroamazonas, focused on exploration and production, according to Reuters. Petroecuador’s IPO, good news...

2020 has marked an unprecedented growth of electronic commerce in Ecuador and the region. This rise, both in visits to web pages and in sales, is linked to the emergency generated by the COVID-19 pandemic . Ecuador would close the year with $ 2.3 billion in online sales, 15% more...

The global education organization Participate Learning reopened its recruitment process for all those Ecuadorian teachers who want to work in schools in the United States, for a period of three to five years, starting next school year that will begin at the end of August from...

“Ecuador: discover where one of the best chocolates in the world is produced” is the title of the article in the international magazine National Geographic that highlights the production of this product known as the “golden seed”. National Geographic...

Concern in the national shrimp industry is generated by the announcement of the European Commission to increase in 2021 and until 2023 the annual import quota from 40,000 to 48,000 metric tons of shrimp for processing, under the policy of autonomous tariff quotas with zero...

Digital payments grew in Ecuador, during the pandemic, although they remain below the regional average. Thus, Ecuadorians, on average, make just seven electronic payments a year and cash continues to be, according to data from the Central Bank, the most widely used means of...

The National Assembly approved with 129 votes, the bill that seeks to reduce the use and trade of single-use plastic material such as bags, straws, containers for beverages and food, the same that will have a cost for the user. National Assembly approves draft Law that regulates...