# Ecuador HS 720421 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 720421 exports from Ecuador: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Ecuador |
| HS6 | 720421 |
| Latest exports | $5.7M |
| Active destinations | 9 |
| Three-year growth | +0.1% |
| Destination HHI | 3,340 |
| Weighted share | 1.1% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Panama at $220.9K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands at $294.2 / ton.
- Median reported price: $1.3K / ton.
- Price spread: 17,141.4%.

## Export history

- 2010: $2.1M
- 2011: $5.7M
- 2012: $3.2M
- 2013: $3.2M
- 2014: $4.4M
- 2015: $2.8M
- 2016: $2.0M
- 2017: $2.6M
- 2018: $3.8M
- 2019: $4.8M
- 2020: $3.0M
- 2021: $5.5M
- 2022: $7.6M
- 2023: $5.4M
- 2024: $5.5M

## Methods

Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.

Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed.

## Complete structured values

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