Ecuador’s trade surplus narrowed to $269.29 million in December 2025 from $501.75 million a year earlier. Exports increased to $3.24 billion from $3.19 billion, driven by stronger shipments of primary products at $2.70 billion versus $2.68 billion, while industrial exports rose to $536.91 million from $512.88 million. Imports also edged higher to $2.97 billion from $2.69 billion, reflecting increased purchases of raw materials at $954.98 million compared with $747.27 million and higher consumer goods imports at $701.11 million versus $582.39 million. In contrast, imports of capital goods rose to $731.18 million from $552.50 million, while purchases of fuels and lubricants fell to $573.16 million from $575.67 million. source: Banco Central del Ecuador

Ecuador recorded a trade surplus of 632194 USD Thousand in November of 2025. Balance of Trade in Ecuador averaged 4263.14 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 March of 2026.

Ecuador recorded a trade surplus of 632194 USD Thousand in November 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
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 $269.29M $632.19M $ 286.3M
2026-03-16 02:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Jan $269.29M $310.0M


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade 269296.00 632194.00 USD Thousand Dec 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 3100874.00 3237948.00 USD Thousand Jan 2026
Foreign Direct Investment 539.10 92.60 USD Million Sep 2025
Imports 2615299.00 2968652.00 USD Thousand Jan 2026
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
269296.00 632194.00 791068.71 -729014.00 1985 - 2025 USD Thousand Monthly

News Stream
Ecuador Trade Surplus Narrows in December
Ecuador’s trade surplus narrowed to $269.29 million in December 2025 from $501.75 million a year earlier. Exports increased to $3.24 billion from $3.19 billion, driven by stronger shipments of primary products at $2.70 billion versus $2.68 billion, while industrial exports rose to $536.91 million from $512.88 million. Imports also edged higher to $2.97 billion from $2.69 billion, reflecting increased purchases of raw materials at $954.98 million compared with $747.27 million and higher consumer goods imports at $701.11 million versus $582.39 million. In contrast, imports of capital goods rose to $731.18 million from $552.50 million, while purchases of fuels and lubricants fell to $573.16 million from $575.67 million.
2026-02-18
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