INCIDENCIAS DEL TRATADO DE LIBRE COMERCIO CON LA UNIÒN EUROPEA EN EL SECTOR CAFETERO ECUATORIANO.

Abstract

Within traditional non-oil exports from Ecuador, coffee has always ranked first among exported commodities; However, the various external and internal forces such as pests, tariffs, low international prices, among others have reduced the productivity and profitability of the industry on different occasions. The following study aims to determine if Ecuadorian coffee exports have increased after the signing of the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union, the following study aims to demonstrate if the trade balance of Ecuador has been affected in a statistically significant For which inferential methods such as the calculation of correlation coefficient to test the relationship between variables would be used.