Análisis de la ventaja comparativa de la producción del cacao ecuatoriano en relación a los principales competidores a nivel mundial.

Abstract

In the national agricultural sector, cocoa occupies a very important place in national production, providing significant income in agricultural GDP, since it is represented as the sixth export product and constitutes 3.2% of total exports, being its annual production of more than 300 tons, contributing significant income in agricultural GDP, and in the creation of new sources of employment, making Ecuador the largest exporter of cocoa in Latin America and the fourth country with the largest exports in the world, being surpassed only by Ivory Coast, Ghana and Indonesia. Considered internationally as the best fine aroma cocoa, with countries such as Indonesia, the United States, the Netherlands and Malaysia as its main demand, Ecuador has not managed to position itself in the first place in terms of cocoa production and exports. For this reason, the present work is the result of a study whose fundamental objective is to analyze the cocoa bean market worldwide, identify the main producers and exporters and compare with the national production, so that in this way we can identify if the cocoa beans from Ecuador have a comparative advantage over other competitors and thus take advantage and make decisions that positively affect the progress of the production and export of this fruit.