Ecuador recorded a trade surplus of $504.4 million in July 2026, reversing a $257.0 million deficit in July 2025. Exports reached $3.72 billion, increasing 48.5% year-on-year. Non-oil exports totaled $2.91 billion, up 25.0%, while shrimp exports reached $1.0 billion, rising 64.4%. Mining products totaled $545.3 million, up 59.4%. Imports reached $3.21 billion, increasing 16.4%, with fuels and lubricants recording the strongest growth, at 35.4%. Ecuador posted a $2.84 billion trade surplus between January and July 2026. source: Banco Central del Ecuador

Ecuador recorded a trade surplus of 504400 USD Thousand in July of 2026. Balance of Trade in Ecuador averaged 8503.26 USD Thousand from 1985 until 2026, 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 October of 2026.

Ecuador recorded a trade surplus of 504400 USD Thousand in July of 2026. Balance of Trade in Ecuador is expected to be 340000.00 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 300000.00 USD Thousand in 2027 and 290000.00 USD Thousand in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-08-19 02:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Jun $21.29M $450.43M $473.3M
2026-09-16 02:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Jul $504.4M $194.5M $-15.0M
2026-10-19 02:00 PM
Balance of Trade
Aug $504.4M


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade 504400.00 194500.00 USD Thousand Jul 2026
Capital Flows 2911.80 911.29 USD Million Mar 2026
Current Account 1859.18 1910.48 USD Million Mar 2026
Current Account to GDP 5.90 5.70 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Exports 3717922.00 3283564.00 USD Thousand Jul 2026
Foreign Direct Investment 431.50 438.70 USD Million Mar 2026
Imports 3426900.00 3262269.00 USD Thousand Jul 2026
Remittances 1856.72 2015.52 USD Million Mar 2026


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
504400.00 194500.00 791068.71 -729014.00 1985 - 2026 USD Thousand Monthly

News Stream
Ecuador Trade Balance Swings to Surplus
Ecuador recorded a trade surplus of $504.4 million in July 2026, reversing a $257.0 million deficit in July 2025. Exports reached $3.72 billion, increasing 48.5% year-on-year. Non-oil exports totaled $2.91 billion, up 25.0%, while shrimp exports reached $1.0 billion, rising 64.4%. Mining products totaled $545.3 million, up 59.4%. Imports reached $3.21 billion, increasing 16.4%, with fuels and lubricants recording the strongest growth, at 35.4%. Ecuador posted a $2.84 billion trade surplus between January and July 2026.
2026-09-16
Ecuador Trade Surplus Narrows Sharply in June
Ecuador’s trade surplus narrowed to $21.29 million in June 2026 from $564 million a year earlier. Exports declined 1.34% year-on-year to $3.28 billion, as non-oil exports fell 2.87%. Sales of traditional products declined 10.5%, led by cocoa and cocoa products (-49.7%), coffee and coffee products (-10.9%), tuna and fish (-21.4%), and bananas and plantains (-1%). In contrast, imports grew 18% to $3.26 billion. Purchases of consumer goods increased 13%, driven by a 43.3% rise in durable goods and a 4.6% increase in non-durable goods. Imports of fuels and lubricants rose 37.3%. Imports of raw materials increased 12.2%, led by industrial materials (+17.4%) and construction materials (+8.3%). Imports of capital goods rose 11.3%, with transport equipment up 16.2%, agricultural goods up 13.5% and industrial goods up 9%. Ecuador recorded a $2.34 billion trade surplus in the first half of 2026, down 44% from the same period of 2025.
2026-08-19
Ecuador Trade Surplus Narrows in May
Ecuador's trade surplus narrowed to $450.43 million in May 2026 from a surplus of $498.39 million in the same month a year earlier. Imports increased 16.2% to $3,248 million, driven by higher purchases of fuels and lubricants (63%) and capital goods (16%), namely industrial goods (17%). Meanwhile, exports rose at a slower pace of 12.3% to $3,698 million, supported by higher oil exports (76%) and higher shipments of crude oil (76%), with additional support from non-traditional goods by 6%, mainly tobacco (45%).
2026-07-16