Shrimp export and its impact on the ecuadorian economy in the period 2019-2023

Abstract

Shrimp, together with other types of seafood products, make up a group of foods in high demand in different markets around the world. For Ecuador, shrimp is a “star” product, since it represents one of the most important non-oil export items. currently. The objective of this research is to know the impact on the economy that shrimp exports represent for this country, in the period from 2019-2023. The research is based on a documentary bibliographic methodology, where a search has been carried out with one of the main search engines for scientific academic information, such as Google Scholar, through which different types of publications were analyzed. in indexed magazines such as Scielo, Dialnet, Latindex, among others. Among the main findings are that Ecuador currently occupies second place in shrimp exports in the world, so this represents an important contribution to the country's economy. On the other hand, the preference for Ecuadorian shrimp is largely due to measure to the quality and traceability of the product thanks to investments in modern production techniques and through the scientific study of shrimp in order to achieve improvements in its resistance to multiple diseases specific to the product, thus achieving that shrimp has an increasingly more impact. positive for the economy of Ecuador.