ANÁLISIS DE LAS CONSOLIDADORAS DE CARGA Y SUS SERVICIOS MARÍTIMOS EN EL ECUADOR.

Abstract

Freight Forwarders are key cornerstones for the development of foreign trade. it is considered that their services of moving cargo is a great contribution to promote imports and exports of small and medium entities that do not have the ability to buy or sell in FCL terms (full container load). Ecuador has more than 70 freight forwarders who offer their services to SME´s (small and medium entities). In the Ecuadorian market, the import service of goods of freight forwarders is very well positioned. The main countries from which these consolidated cargoes originate from are China followed by the United States, Peru, Germany and Chile. In the case of exports, this service is not as demanded as imports but due to changes occurring in the Ecuadorian foreign trade policy and the change of the productive matrix, exports in general have increased over the last 6 quarters developing a great opportunity for domestic producers to see in this service a channel to promote and send abroad their products efficiently