FX.co ★ Ecuador Achieves 14th Consecutive Trade Surplus

Ecuador achieved a trade surplus of $512.6 million in February 2025, a slight decrease from the $568.7 million surplus recorded in the same period of 2024. This marks the fourteenth consecutive month of surplus. Export figures rose 11.68% annually, totaling $2,981.79 million. Of this, $2,472.768 million was attributed to primary product exports, with significant growth in extracts and vegetable oils (59.6%), cocoa exports soaring by 194.2%, and a 28.1% rise in leather, plastic, and rubber manufacturing. In contrast, industrialized product exports amounted to $509.024 million. On the import side, there was a 17.5% increase, reaching $2,469.154 million. This growth was driven primarily by heightened purchases of fuels and lubricants (28.6%), raw materials (8%), and capital goods (31.1%).