Incidencia de la pandemia del Covid-19 en las exportaciones no petroleras en Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed Ecuador's trade patterns, generating challenges and opportunities in non-oil sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and services. Difficulties in supply chains, restrictions trade and the decline in global demand directly affected the economy, but they also promoted the economic diversification of Ecuador, this change is evident through empirical research, applying the simultaneous equations model, where non-oil exports were analyzed according to the type of goods: primary and industrialized. The main challenge of this research was the complexity of obtaining information on non-petroleum products in Ecuador. This study is carried out in three chapters: the first chapter details information that provides the theoretical context for understand and address the variables of this model, the second chapter describes the approach and the simultaneous equations model used to carry out the research and in the third chapter the collected data are presented and analyzed in relation to the planted objectives. At the conclusion of this analysis, valuable information is found about the interaction of non-oil exports during the pandemic crisis, highlighting the importance of strengthening non-traditional sectors to reduce economic vulnerability in future crises.