El covid 19 y su impacto financiero en el sector florícola ecuatoriano.

Abstract

Ecuador is one of the countries that leads the list of flower exports, since it is a purely agricultural country, consolidating this sector as one of the most significant items for the entry of foreign currency to the country. Ecuador is the third largest flower exporter in the world, satisfying 9.7% of the global demand for flowers. That is why the present work aims to analyze the effects of COVID-19, through a comparative study of flower exports to know the financial impact in the period January-October 2019 to January-October 2020. This research uses a qualitative methodology due to the fact that we use bibliographic references of several authors to support the research, in addition data of floricultural exports was collected to verify the effects of Covid-19 in this sector. From the data obtained, we had as a result that the floriculture sector had a decrease in flower exports of 7.39% in 2020 compared to the previous year, this is due to the economic crisis caused by the global pandemic due to low demand, in addition to the stoppage of working hours and market closings.