Análisis del ingreso y la balanza comercial del sector agropecuario en la economía ecuatoriana en el período 2019-2020

Abstract

This research is based on the analysis of income and the trade balance of the sector farming in the Ecuadorian economy, having as its purpose the behavior economic activity of agriculture and livestock in the country, for the realization of this project information was collected from scientific articles, books, documents, Bank information Central del Ecuador, INEC and ESPAC, determining that the income of the agricultural sector has had an optimal influence, presenting a contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of 8% in the Ecuadorian economy in recent years. This research aims to know the agricultural economic dynamism in the period 2019-2020, obtaining that for the year 2019 showed an economic growth in Ecuador of 0.1% with respect to the period above, registering good results in the agricultural trade balance due to the high demand for shrimp from the Asian continent in that period, by 2020 the Ecuadorian economy decreased by -7.8% compared to 2019 due to Covid-19 declared a global pandemic, even so the agricultural sector registered good results in the trade balance, for that year agricultural imports decreased by -0.1% due to reason that the inhabitants of the nation did not have sufficient resources for the consumption at home due to the health emergency.