Análisis de oferta y demanda agregada del banano en la economía ecuatoriana en los últimos cinco años

Abstract

In Ecuador, bananas have been characterized for being one of the major agricultural products that generate income to the national economy, after oil, so production and export of bananas has been growing since its inception to catapult the country in the world ranking as the first exporter and fifth largest producer of large volumes of this tropical fruit. In this sense, this research work was carried out with the purpose of analyzing the supply and demand levels of Ecuadorian banana production during the last five years, 2016-2020. In order to obtain the appropriate information, a methodology based on documentary research was used, through the compilation of information from primary sources such as scientific articles, books and official pages of government agencies, which contributed theoretically and statistically to the research, and Microsoft Excel was used to prepare the tables and graphs. Among the results obtained during the development of the research case, it was obtained that during 2020 banana production increased as well as its export, reaching the shipment of 380,498 million boxes of this product, compared to 2016 where a total of 23,489,716 boxes were exported, showing the constant growth of sales abroad by this sector. The provinces with the highest contribution were Los Ríos, Guayas and El Oro, while UBESA S.A. has remained the largest exporter.