ANÁLISIS DE LA APLICACIÓN DE RESTRICCIÓN DE IMPORTACIONES A BIENES DE CONSUMO EN LA CIUDAD DE LOJA

Abstract

The world financial crisis of 2008 affected the economy significantly in Ecuador, one of the most affected fields was the trade balance, so the government developed measures to control the impact of the crisis to the trade balance that was already in deficit from years ago. So from 2008 Ecuador has implemented a process of import restrictions mainly for consumer goods, trying to promote domestic industry but principally to control the trade balance deficit, restricting the amount of money leaving the country. The purpose of the article is to evaluate the effect of the imports restrictions of such goods and if they respond to the problem for which they were created. To analyze the variables consumers and importers were surveyed in order to have a better perspective of the impact that restrictions have caused, where consumers still prefer import goods despite of the regulations (62%) and almost all importers consider the restrictions are affecting their business (90%).