Ecuador’s trade surplus widened to $632.19 million in November 2025 from $325.6 million a year earlier. Exports increased to $3.4 billion from $2.98 billion, driven by stronger shipments of primary products at $2.86 billion versus $2.48 billion, while industrial exports rose to $540.77 million from $499.8 million. Imports also edged higher to $2.77 billion from $2.65 billion, reflecting increased purchases of raw materials at $879.12 million compared with $755.56 million and higher consumer goods imports at $683.2 million versus $587.4 million. In contrast, imports of capital goods declined to $613.6 million from $664.9 million, while purchases of fuels and lubricants fell to $588 million from $635.4 million. source: Banco Central del Ecuador

Ecuador recorded a trade surplus of 189868 USD Thousand in October of 2025. Balance of Trade in Ecuador averaged 3723.36 USD Thousand from 1985 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 791068.71 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 February of 2026.

Ecuador recorded a trade surplus of 189868 USD Thousand in October of 2025. Balance of Trade in Ecuador is expected to be 109953.00 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 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-12-11 11:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Oct $189.87M $104.46M $50.0M
2026-01-20 03:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Nov $632.19M $189.87M $120.0M
2026-02-18 02:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Dec $632.19M $ 286.3M


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade 632194.00 189868.00 USD Thousand Nov 2025
Capital Flows 1215.72 2154.91 USD Million Sep 2025
Current Account 581.61 2618.96 USD Million Sep 2025
Current Account to GDP 5.70 1.90 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Exports 3402419.00 3175111.00 USD Thousand Nov 2025
Foreign Direct Investment 539.10 92.60 USD Million Sep 2025
Imports 2770225.00 2985243.00 USD Thousand Nov 2025
Remittances 2012.70 2000.50 USD Million Sep 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
632194.00 189868.00 791068.71 -729014.00 1985 - 2025 USD Thousand Monthly

News Stream
Ecuador Trade Surplus Expands in November
Ecuador’s trade surplus widened to $632.19 million in November 2025 from $325.6 million a year earlier. Exports increased to $3.4 billion from $2.98 billion, driven by stronger shipments of primary products at $2.86 billion versus $2.48 billion, while industrial exports rose to $540.77 million from $499.8 million. Imports also edged higher to $2.77 billion from $2.65 billion, reflecting increased purchases of raw materials at $879.12 million compared with $755.56 million and higher consumer goods imports at $683.2 million versus $587.4 million. In contrast, imports of capital goods declined to $613.6 million from $664.9 million, while purchases of fuels and lubricants fell to $588 million from $635.4 million.
2026-01-20
Ecuador Trade Surplus Increases in October
Ecuador’s trade surplus shrank to $189.9 million in October 2025 from $220.9 million a year earlier. Exports rose to $3.18 billion from $2.84 billion, driven by higher shipments of primary products ($2.57 billion vs $2.39 billion), while industrial exports rose to $604.4 million from $452 million. Imports also increased to $2.99 billion from $2.62 billion, as purchases of raw materials rose to $1,006.5 from $867.37 million, consumer goods increased to $726 million from $624.4 million, and capital goods expanded to $702.5 million from $551.1 million. Meanwhile, purchases of fuels and lubricants dropped to $540.9 from $572 million.
2025-12-12
Ecuador Trade Surplus Shrinks in September
Ecuador’s trade surplus shrank to $104.5 million in September 2025 from $347 million a year earlier. Exports rose to $2.93 billion from $2.76 billion, driven by higher shipments of primary products ($2.35 billion vs $2.25 billion), while industrial exports rose to $579.9 million from $506.9 million. Imports also increased to $2.83 billion from $2.41 billion, as purchases of raw materials rose to $950.6 from $782.1 million, consumer goods increased to $672 million from $541.3 million, and capital goods expanded to $647.2 million from $441 million. Meanwhile, purchases of fuels and lubricants dropped to $545.3 from $643.2 million.
2025-11-14