ANÁLISIS DE LA CADENA LOGÍSTICA DE EXPORTACIÓN DEL CAMARÓN DESDE LA PROVINCIA DEL ORO HACIA LA UNIÓN EUROPEA

Abstract

In the present academic article, an analysis of the logistic chain of export of shrimp towards the European Union is realized with the objective of determining strengths and weaknesses. The study was based on a qualitative research, of exploratory scope, using the survey as a tool to collect information, taking as reference 5 producers in the province of El Oro. The conclusions dictate that the logistics chain is composed of the following sub processes: Primary production, packaging services, brokering, transportation and tax structure. The main strengths are the efficiency in the primary production, the protocols of operations of the internal and external transport services. On the other hand, the weaknesses are: lack of diversification of export destinations, cost structure highly correlated with the value of the balanced (45%) and lack of attention in the packaging services. On the other hand, the tax structure is not a risk factor for operations, however, it could be suppressed to reduce the cost structure. Finally, it is concluded that quality is an issue that must be strengthened in the logistics chain in order to capture market in the European Union.