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Pilot financing plan for MSMEs sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce arrives in Ecuador

ICC TradeComm, a project designed to eliminate the global trade financing gap estimated at $5 billion, will allow Ecuadorian MSMEs to access new financing options. This according to the announcement made on Monday by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the fintech...
Posted On 16 Feb 2022
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Shrimp and fruits strengthen non-oil exports

Non-oil exports break records, they have not grown like this for 10 years. It is an achievement of the private productive sector, despite pending tasks, such as investing more in technology, providing more added value and not allowing the security crisis to continue due to the...
Posted On 15 Feb 2022
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Companies bet on solar initiatives to generate friendly energy

The trend of using more environmentally friendly energy sources has a place in several Ecuadorian companies. On the occasion of World Energy Day, which is celebrated every February 14, several companies talk about their initiatives to carry out sustainable use through...
Posted On 15 Feb 2022
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Banana moko: a silent threat

When talking about threats in the banana industry, concern is focused on the imminent and fearsome arrival of the deadly fusarium, but little is said about moko, an equally devastating disease, which has been silently taking root in fruit crops. Infectious foci have already been...
Posted On 14 Feb 2022
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Cocoa broke a record in 2021

Last year was positive for cocoa and its semi-finished products, which exceeded USD 950 million in exports, according to the National Association of Cocoa and Industrialized Exporters of Ecuador ( Anecacao ). The figure exceeded the item for 2020 by USD 15 million, which was an...
Posted On 11 Feb 2022
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For the first time, Ecuador is the leading supplier of seafood to the Chinese market

Ecuador, for the first time, ranks first as a supplier of seafood products leveraged by shrimp exports to the Chinese market after relegating Russia to second place, followed by Canada. This was reported on Wednesday by the National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA), an entity that...
Posted On 10 Feb 2022
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Lasso: “We do not plan to take more financing from China or any other international organization”

The President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, assured that “the (fiscal) accounts are in order” in 2022, so they do not require financing from China or any international organization. “You see that we have a higher oil price than that indicated in the budget....
Posted On 09 Feb 2022
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Ecuador registers more than 9,000 organic producers, according to Agrocalidad

The increase in the demand for products of organic origin has motivated more and more farmers in the country to lean and migrate towards these more environmentally friendly practices. In fact, according to data from the Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency...
Posted On 09 Feb 2022
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After the signing of the protocol, the export of pitahaya to China would begin in June, producers expect

The Ecuadorian pitahaya opened a new market, that of China. This, after last Saturday the export protocol for the fruit was signed in that country, according to Julio José Prado, Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries. “Our product will be able to...
Posted On 08 Feb 2022
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With 0.72%, January presented the highest monthly inflation of the last 12 years

2022 starts with a monthly inflation of 0.72% registered last January compared to December 2021. This is the highest monthly inflation of the last 12 years, only equaled (0.72%) in January 2014. Likewise, Guayaquil is the city that presented the monthly variation higher than the...
Posted On 04 Feb 2022
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