EVOLUCIÓN DE LAS EXPORTACIONES DEL ATÚN ECUATORIANO Y SU IMPORTANCIA EN LA BALANZA COMERCIAL COMO BIEN TRADICIONAL. PERÍODO 2010-2016

Abstract

Among the groups of traditional goods that make up the Ecuadorian Trade Balance is tuna and fish, an area that has developed in relation to seven years ago. This is demanded mainly by the European Union and the United States, destinations that have signed Trade Agreements with Ecuador to provide tariff exemption benefits that generate greater income for Ecuadorian exporters. The validity and resignation of these treaties, in addition to external shocks, have caused benefits and disadvantages in the levels of exports evidencing a positive trend until 2012 and a decrease from 2013 to 2016, causes that will be identified in this writing that has as Main objective to analyze the evolution of Ecuadorian tuna exports and the importance it represents in the traditional trade balance. This research is based on a qualitative - deductive study, since through the compilation of official figures from the Central Bank and international statistical pages an analysis of their variations and their causes will be established according to the revised theoretical revision. This concludes that this sector is in a negative trend, generated mainly by the reduction of the catch and by the consequences that generated the unilateral resignation of the ATPDEA.