# Ecuador exports to Hong Kong: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Ecuador reported $20.3M in goods exports to Hong Kong. The overall review level is High attention.

## 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 | $20.3M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 74.7% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 5 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 49.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 081090 | Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $98.2M | 65.4% | High attention |
| 2 | 080390 | Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried | $33.4M | 61.5% | High attention |
| 3 | 410712 | Leather: further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, other than leather of heading 41.14, whole hides and skins, grain splits | $60.0M | 25.1% | Watch |
| 4 | 030792 | Molluscs: n.e.c. in heading 0307, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen | $13.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 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 | $191.7M | 69.1% | High attention |
| 6 | 410799 | Leather: further prepared after tanning or crusting, incl. parchment-dressed, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, no hair, excluding leather of heading 41.14, and whole hides and skins, and sides, (full grains, unsplit and grain splits) | $67.4M | 37% | High attention |
| 7 | 030572 | Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws | $114.4M | 75.5% | Watch |
| 8 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $319.1M | 38.5% | Watch |
| 9 | 060319 | Flowers, cut: flowers and buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh, other than roses, carnations, orchids, or chrysanthemums | $10.3M | 5.8% | Watch |
| 10 | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors: optical fibre cables | $140.3M | 0% | Watch |

## 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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