# Ecuador Agriculture and food Export Opportunities (HS 01-24)

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Explore Ecuador HS 01-24 agriculture and food export opportunities, product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities.

## Overview

- Exporter: Ecuador (ECU)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $584.2M
- Products: 59
- Buyer markets: 17
- Average CAGR: +13.8%
- Global sector size: $191.1B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 100590 - Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $9.9B | $46.5K | $11.5B | -8.4% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $17.2B | $6.4M | $9.6B | +17.9% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 220300 - Beer: made from malt | $8.7B | $301.5K | $8.5B | +2.3% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 190590 - Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $12.1B | $6.3M | $8.0B | +29.9% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 220890 - Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | $4.9B | $35.3K | $6.6B | +3.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090111 - Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $14.8B | $2.4M | $6.1B | -10.2% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 080440 - Fruit, edible: avocados, fresh or dried | $3.7B | $13.6K | $5.9B | -6.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 070200 - Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $6.2B | $19.9K | $5.3B | -0.7% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 220421 - Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $10.7B | $11.3K | $5.0B | +2.6% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 151110 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $5.7B | $5.2M | $4.5B | +30.0% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 151190 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $4.7B | $7.8M | $4.4B | -14.3% | 2 | +0.2% |
| HS 120190 - Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $4.9B | $30.2 | $4.3B | +18.6% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 230910 - Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding | $5.0B | $10.3M | $3.7B | +8.1% | 3 | +0.2% |
| HS 230400 - Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $3.5B | $19.7K | $2.9B | -11.9% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 240220 - Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $3.2B | $1.1K | $2.7B | -0.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090121 - Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $3.9B | $187.0K | $2.6B | -5.3% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 200410 - Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen | $2.2B | $50.9K | $2.5B | +17.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030441 - Fish fillets: fresh or chilled, salmon, Pacific (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic (Salmo salar), Danube (Hucho hucho) | $2.6B | $23.8K | $2.2B | -23.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180400 - Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $3.3B | $8.4M | $2.1B | +7.5% | 2 | +0.2% |
| HS 151800 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils | $2.4B | $12.4K | $2.1B | -2.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151211 - Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $1.7B | $6.7K | $2.0B | +220.9% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 150910 - Vegetable oils: olive oil and its fractions, virgin, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $3.8B | $9.9K | $2.0B | -10.2% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 070960 - Vegetables: fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta | $2.2B | $158.6K | $1.9B | +26.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151790 - Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils of heading no. 1516 | $1.2B | $5.0K | $1.8B | +87.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081040 - Fruit, edible: cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus vaccinium, fresh | $1.9B | $3.8M | $1.8B | +28.1% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 060319 - Flowers, cut: flowers and buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh, other than roses, carnations, orchids, or chrysanthemums | $2.2B | $120.9M | $1.8B | +5.2% | 2 | +4.5% |
| HS 081020 - Fruit, edible: raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh | $1.2B | $119.0K | $1.7B | +28.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 230120 - Flours, meals and pellets: of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | $3.0B | $84.0M | $1.6B | +10.6% | 1 | +2.8% |
| HS 190531 - Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $2.4B | $6.4M | $1.6B | +23.0% | 1 | +0.3% |
| HS 040690 - Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | $4.4B | $4.2K | $1.6B | +8.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220830 - Whiskies | $2.1B | $77.0K | $1.5B | +10.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170490 - Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $3.2B | $7.5M | $1.5B | +5.4% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 180620 - Chocolate & other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, content exceeding 2kg | $1.4B | $3.0M | $1.4B | +7.8% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 060290 - Plants, live: n.e.s. in heading no. 0602 | $1.5B | $1.0M | $1.3B | +22.2% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 240210 - Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos: containing tobacco including the weight of every band, wrapper or attachment thereto | $1.5B | $7.3K | $1.3B | -9.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081010 - Fruit, edible: strawberries, fresh | $957.9M | $1.4K | $1.3B | -13.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081190 - Fruit, edible: fruit and nuts n.e.s. in heading no. 0811, uncooked or cooked, frozen whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $849.7M | $232.5K | $1.2B | -1.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 230330 - Brewing or distilling dregs and waste: whether or not in the form of pellets | $663.0M | $11.6K | $1.2B | +33.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151620 - Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | $1.1B | $3.2K | $1.2B | -14.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030614 - Crustaceans: crabs, frozen (whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked by steaming or by boiling in water) | $1.0B | $633.9K | $1.1B | +13.5% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 080550 - Fruit, edible: lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum), limes (Citrus aurantifolia , Citrus latifolia), fresh or dried | $1.0B | $598.2K | $1.1B | +2.2% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 180100 - Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $3.7B | $280.0M | $1.1B | +14.9% | 1 | +7.5% |
| HS 180310 - Cocoa: paste, not defatted | $952.0M | $8.0M | $1.1B | +16.4% | 1 | +0.8% |
| HS 220410 - Wine: sparkling | $1.7B | $28.6K | $1.1B | +3.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 070700 - Vegetables: cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled | $1.4B | $241.4K | $1.1B | +8.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081090 - Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $1.1B | $2.3M | $1.1B | +88.7% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 180690 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $1.9B | $2.3M | $1.0B | +10.4% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 040510 - Dairy produce: derived from milk, butter | $735.1M | $461.9 | $997.3M | +9.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100630 - Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $1.4B | $75.1K | $996.6M | +17.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080610 - Fruit, edible: grapes, fresh | $2.1B | $20.8K | $969.5M | -6.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 070993 - Vegetables: pumpkins, squash and gourds (Cucurbita spp.), fresh or chilled | $522.0M | $13.2K | $897.4M | +31.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080430 - Fruit, edible: pineapples, fresh or dried | $774.0M | $14.4M | $895.8M | +14.6% | 1 | +1.9% |
| HS 170260 - Sugars: fructose, other than chemically pure fructose, and fructose syrup (containing in the dry state more than 50% by weight of fructose), excluding invert sugar | $568.3M | $1.7 | $822.7M | -70.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080450 - Fruit, edible: guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried | $658.0M | $108.5K | $816.2M | +24.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220210 - Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $1.7B | $403.1K | $803.9M | +7.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170114 - Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $814.6M | $6.9K | $789.1M | +62.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030612 - Crustaceans: lobsters (homarus spp.), frozen (whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked by steaming or by boiling in water) | $633.4M | $101.9K | $775.4M | +12.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 210410 - Soups and broths and preparations therefor | $581.4M | $44.7K | $765.0M | +109.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 210390 - Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $796.7M | $1.4K | $762.5M | +11.0% | 1 | +0.0% |

## Best markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $76.4B calculated opportunity across 37 products.
- China (CHN): $13.9B calculated opportunity across 10 products.
- Germany (DEU): $13.6B calculated opportunity across 10 products.
- Mexico (MEX): $12.6B calculated opportunity across 6 products.
- Canada (CAN): $6.7B calculated opportunity across 5 products.
- India (IND): $4.5B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Spain (ESP): $4.4B calculated opportunity across 4 products.
- France (FRA): $3.5B calculated opportunity across 4 products.
- Belgium (BEL): $1.9B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Netherlands (NLD): $1.9B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- United Kingdom (GBR): $1.9B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Colombia (COL): $1.9B calculated opportunity across 1 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 151211: +220.9% average CAGR, $2.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 210410: +109.1% average CAGR, $765.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 081090: +88.7% average CAGR, $1.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 151790: +87.4% average CAGR, $1.8B calculated opportunity.
- HS 170114: +62.4% average CAGR, $789.1M calculated opportunity.
- HS 230330: +33.6% average CAGR, $1.2B calculated opportunity.
- HS 070993: +31.9% average CAGR, $897.4M calculated opportunity.
- HS 151110: +30.0% average CAGR, $4.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: +29.9% average CAGR, $8.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 081020: +28.4% average CAGR, $1.7B calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 210690: 5 buyer markets, $9.6B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100590: 4 buyer markets, $11.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 090111: 4 buyer markets, $6.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220421: 4 buyer markets, $5.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: 3 buyer markets, $8.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 070200: 3 buyer markets, $5.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 120190: 3 buyer markets, $4.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 230910: 3 buyer markets, $3.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 230400: 3 buyer markets, $2.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220300: 2 buyer markets, $8.5B calculated opportunity.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate buyers, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting. [Read the Yugalinks methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology).

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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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