# Ecuador exports to Thailand: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Ecuador reported $8.3M in goods exports to Thailand. 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 | $8.3M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 68.3% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 2 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.5 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 53.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 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 | $51.5M | 93.3% | High attention |
| 2 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $1.5B | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $638.1M | 40% | Watch |
| 4 | 790310 | Zinc dust | $24.5M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 720421 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of stainless steel | $72.2M | 65.2% | Watch |
| 6 | 210111 | Extracts, essences and concentrates: of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | $141.4M | 0.3% | Watch |
| 7 | 321000 | Paints and varnishes: (including enamels, lacquers and distempers), prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather | $27.0M | 3% | Watch |
| 8 | 320412 | Dyes: acid, whether or not premetallised and preparations based thereon, mordant dyes and preparations based thereon | $20.7M | 59% | Watch |
| 9 | 262019 | Ash and residues: (not from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing mainly zinc, other than hard zinc spelter | $12.8M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 790390 | Zinc: powders and flakes | $10.1M | 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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