Countries
Ecuador: trade by HS code
- US$40.3bnExports 2024
- US$28.3bnImports 2024
- 3,243HS6 · Exports
Ecuador exported goods worth US$40.3bn and imported US$28.3bn in 2024, in 3,243 and 4,754 different six-digit products.
Its main exports were crude oil (2709.00), frozen shrimps and prawns (0306.17) and bananas (other than plantains) (0803.90).
Its largest customer was the United States and its largest supplier China.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods worth £299.7m from Ecuador (-3% on the year before), above all prepared or preserved tuna, frozen shrimps and prawns and bananas (other than plantains), and exported £94m to it.
Under the UK–Ecuador agreement, 95% of the UK tariff lines are duty-free for goods from Ecuador that meet the rules of origin.
Ecuador and the UK
Agreement or scheme: UK–Ecuador agreement
What the UK imports from Ecuador
- 1604.14Prepared or preserved tuna
- 0306.17Frozen shrimps and prawns
- 0803.90Bananas (other than plantains)
- 0603.11Fresh cut roses
- 2101.11Coffee extracts and instant coffee
- 1801.00Cocoa beans
- 0803.10Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried: plantains
- 0710.80Other frozen vegetables
- 2008.99Other prepared or preserved fruit
- 5305.00Coconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, not elsewhere specified or included, raw or processed but not spun; tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · HMRC
Ecuador and the EU
Agreement or scheme: EU–Ecuador agreement
What the EU imports from Ecuador
- 0803.90Bananas (other than plantains)
- 0306.17Frozen shrimps and prawns
- 1801.00Cocoa beans
- 1604.14Prepared or preserved tuna
- 2616.90Gold and other precious metal ores
- 0603.11Fresh cut roses
- 0304.87Frozen tuna fillets and loins
- 0603.19Other fresh cut flowers
- 2009.89Other single fruit/vegetable juices
- 2101.11Coffee extracts and instant coffee
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Eurostat Comext
Top exports
- 2709.00Crude oil
- 0306.17Frozen shrimps and prawns
- 0803.90Bananas (other than plantains)
- 1801.00Cocoa beans
- 1604.14Prepared or preserved tuna
- 2603.00Copper ores and concentrates
- 7108.12Unwrought gold (non-monetary)
- 2616.90Gold and other precious metal ores
- 0603.11Fresh cut roses
- 0803.10Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried: plantains
- 0810.90Other fresh fruit
- 0603.19Other fresh cut flowers
- 0710.80Other frozen vegetables
- 4410.19Particle board, oriented strand board: of wood, other
- 1803.10Cocoa paste (not defatted)
- 2101.11Coffee extracts and instant coffee
- 4421.99Other wooden articles
- 2008.99Other prepared or preserved fruit
- 2301.20Fish meal and pellets
- 0306.16Frozen cold-water shrimps
Top imports
- 2707.50Other aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures
- 2304.00Soybean meal
- 8517.13Smartphones
- 3004.90Other medicines, dosed or for retail sale
- 2711.12Liquefied propane
- 2309.90Other animal feed preparations
- 2716.00Electricity
- 8703.22Petrol cars, 1000-1500 cc
- 1001.99Wheat and meslin (not seed, not durum)
- 1001.19Durum wheat (not seed)
- 8704.21Diesel trucks, GVW up to 5 t
- 2711.13Liquefied butane
- 8703.40Hybrid cars, petrol (non-plug-in)
- 8471.30Laptops and portable computers (max 10 kg)
- 2106.90Other food preparations
- 8703.23Petrol cars, 1500-3000 cc
- 4804.11Unbleached kraftliner
- 8517.62Network switching and routing equipment
- 7208.39Hot-rolled steel coil, under 3 mm
- 8711.20Motorcycles 50-250 cc
Main buyers from Ecuador
Main suppliers of Ecuador
Questions and answers
What does Ecuador export most?
In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was crude oil (HS 2709.00), worth US$15.4bn.
Does the UK have a trade agreement with Ecuador?
Yes: goods from Ecuador can enter at preferential rates under the UK–Ecuador agreement, duty-free on 95% of tariff lines, provided they meet the rules of origin and come with proof of origin.