Ecuador |
|
| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
| Agriculture
- products |
bananas,
coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains,
sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products;
balsa wood; fish, shrimp |
| Exports |
$4.9 billion
(2002 est.) |
| Exports
- commodities |
petroleum,
bananas, shrimp, coffee, cocoa, cut flowers, fish |
| Exports
- partners |
US 39%, Colombia
5.6%, South Korea 5.1%, Germany 5%, Italy 4.4% (2002) |
| Imports |
$6 billion
(2002 est.) |
| Imports-
commodities |
machinery
and equipment, chemicals, raw materials, fuels; consumer goods
|
| Imports
- partners |
US 28.6%,
Colombia 14.4%, Japan 6%, Chile 4.5%, Brazil 4.1% (2002) |
| Currency |
US dollar
(USD) |
| Exchange
rates |
sucres per
US dollar - 25,000 (2002), 25,000 (2001), 24,988.4 (2000),
11,786.8 (1999), 5,446.57 (1998) |
| Fiscal
year |
calendar
year |
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