Ecuador’s trade surplus narrowed to $564.54 million in June 2025 from $603.13 million a year earlier, marking the 20th consecutive monthly surplus. Exports rose 13.8% to $3,328.1 million, driven by bananas (+16.9%), shrimp (+24.1%), and cocoa and derivatives (+26.6%), while oil exports rose 37.7% to $807.9 million. Coffee (+492.0%) and tuna and fish (+32.0%) exports also increased. Imports rose 19.0% to $2,763.6 million, partially offsetting export gains. Import growth was led by consumer goods (+34.8%), raw materials (+22.1%), and capital goods (+16.4%). source: Banco Central del Ecuador

Ecuador recorded a trade surplus of 498350 USD Thousand in May of 2025. Balance of Trade in Ecuador averaged 1846.76 USD Thousand from 1985 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 791077.00 USD Thousand in March of 2025 and a record low of -729014.00 USD Thousand in December of 2014. This page provides - Ecuador Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Ecuador Balance of Trade - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.

Ecuador recorded a trade surplus of 498350 USD Thousand in May of 2025. Balance of Trade in Ecuador is expected to be 25105000.00 USD Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Ecuador Balance of Trade is projected to trend around 236290.00 USD Thousand in 2026, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-07-10 06:40 PM
Balance of Trade
May $498.35M $517.38M $580.0M
2025-08-13 05:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Jun $564.54M $498.35M $ 355M
2025-09-10 03:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Jul $564.54M $579.0M


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade 564540.00 498350.00 USD Thousand Jun 2025
Capital Flows 2260.00 1809.50 USD Million Mar 2025
Current Account 2529.44 1824.38 USD Million Mar 2025
Current Account to GDP 2.80 1.90 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Exports 3328146.00 3294400.00 USD Thousand Jun 2025
Foreign Direct Investment 127.50 67.80 USD Million Mar 2025
Imports 2763605.00 2796050.00 USD Thousand Jun 2025
Remittances 1724.30 1786.50 USD Million Mar 2025

Ecuador Balance of Trade
Ecuador's economy is highly dependent on oil and oil product exports (36 percent of total exports) in 2022. Other exports include: fish and shrimps (24 percent) and bananas (10 percent). Main imports are: raw materials for industry (35 percent of total imports), fuels and lubricants (25 percent) and consumer goods (20 percent), capital goods for industry (19 percent). Ecuador´s main trading partner is the United States (28 percent of total exports and 26 percent of imports). Others include: Chile, China, Peru, Colombia and Panama.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
564540.00 498350.00 791077.00 -729014.00 1985 - 2025 USD Thousand Monthly

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Ecuador Trade Surplus Narrows in June
Ecuador’s trade surplus narrowed to $564.54 million in June 2025 from $603.13 million a year earlier, marking the 20th consecutive monthly surplus. Exports rose 13.8% to $3,328.1 million, driven by bananas (+16.9%), shrimp (+24.1%), and cocoa and derivatives (+26.6%), while oil exports rose 37.7% to $807.9 million. Coffee (+492.0%) and tuna and fish (+32.0%) exports also increased. Imports rose 19.0% to $2,763.6 million, partially offsetting export gains. Import growth was led by consumer goods (+34.8%), raw materials (+22.1%), and capital goods (+16.4%).
2025-08-13
Ecuador Trade Surplus Narrows in May
Ecuador’s trade surplus narrowed to $498.35 million in May 2025 from $558.62 million a year earlier, marking the 19th consecutive monthly surplus. Exports rose 8.3% to $3,294.4 million, driven by bananas (+28.4%), shrimp (+18.2%), and cocoa and derivatives (+41.6%), while oil exports dropped 33.2% to $606 million. Coffee (-11.6%) and tuna and fish (-7%) exports also declined. Imports rose 12.5% to $2,796 million, partially offsetting export gains. Import growth was led by consumer goods (+19.8%), raw materials (+24.9%), and capital goods (+12.6%).
2025-07-10
Ecuador Trade Surplus Expands in March
Ecuador's trade surplus was $791.07 million in March 2025, compared to $454.77 million in the same month of 2024, marking the fifteenth consecutive monthly surplus. Exports increased by 12.63% year-on-year to $3,148.49 million, of which $1,496.2 million are in shipments of traditional products (37.84%), with sharp growth noted in shrimp (27.76%), Banana (22.69%), and cacao (103.21%), while non traditional products (10.77% to $919,96 million). Meanwhile, imports edged 0.72% higher to $2,357.42 million, mainly due to increased purchases of consumer goods (2.54%), raw materials (6.82%) and capital goods (13.23%).
2025-05-13