“EL CAMBIO DE LA MATRIZ PRODUCTIVA EN EL ECUADOR, ANTE LA NECESIDAD DE CORREGIR EL DÉFICIT DE LA BALANZA COMERCIAL”

Abstract

This current model of productive matrix that Ecuador has, has led the country to file a trade balance deficit along the time. This is because traditionally Ecuadorian exports have always been characterized by having an agro-exporter role; this mean, of primary goods that are not subject to any transformation; that lack added value. Meanwhile, Ecuadorian imports are made up of industrial goods; with higher added value. In this context, the present research has got as hypothesis "Transforming the country’s productive matrix will positively affect the Ecuadorian exports", whose main objective is to analyze the effect of the change of the productive matrix in the trade balance. The method used was descriptiveanalytic, where both exports and imports were studied separately. In this investigation it was concluded that the transformation of the productive matrix would affect positively the country's trade balance.