# Ecuador exports to Germany: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Ecuador to Germany, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ECU-DEU/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Ecuador reported $719.7M in goods exports to Germany. The overall review level is Watch.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $719.7M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 12.8% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 11 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 16.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 080390 | Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried | $932.6M | 23.2% | Stable |
| 2 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $1.7B | 0% | Stable |
| 3 | 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $416.8M | 17% | Stable |
| 4 | 261690 | Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver) | $1.4B | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 210111 | Extracts, essences and concentrates: of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | $485.1M | 32.9% | Stable |
| 6 | 071080 | Vegetables: uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, n.e.c. in chapter 7 | $447.9M | 11.2% | Stable |
| 7 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $341.7M | 51.7% | Watch |
| 8 | 180400 | Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $1.9B | 42.8% | High attention |
| 9 | 180310 | Cocoa: paste, not defatted | $952.0M | 30.9% | High attention |
| 10 | 200989 | Juice: of any single fruit or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $273.5M | 37.8% | Stable |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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