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Who buys Ecuador’s shrimp and prawns? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Ecuador exported $6.3 billion of shrimp and prawns (1.1 million tonnes), 24.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (47%), the United States (22%) and Spain (5%). Ecuador was the world’s largest exporter of shrimp and prawns.

Summary

Value
$6.3billion
Tonnes
1.1million tonnes
Share of world total
24.4%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.9Tonnes: 598,212USD per tonne: $4,92246.9%Sea
United States1.4Tonnes: 198,507USD per tonne: $7,03122.2%Sea
Spain0.33Tonnes: 62,979USD per tonne: $5,2365.3%Sea
France0.25Tonnes: 40,417USD per tonne: $6,1744%Sea
Italy0.23Tonnes: 37,609USD per tonne: $6,0143.6%Sea
Russia0.15Tonnes: 25,801USD per tonne: $5,7462.4%Sea
Japan0.1Tonnes: 13,779USD per tonne: $7,0451.5%Sea
United Kingdom0.07Tonnes: 10,386USD per tonne: $7,0171.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.07Tonnes: 11,673USD per tonne: $6,2151.2%Sea
Taiwan0.07Tonnes: 10,287USD per tonne: $6,6361.1%Sea
Colombia0.06Tonnes: 11,754USD per tonne: $4,7100.88%Land
Guatemala0.05Tonnes: 9,657USD per tonne: $5,6120.86%Sea
Ukraine0.05Tonnes: 5,614USD per tonne: $8,6320.77%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.05Tonnes: 4,874USD per tonne: $9,8710.77%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.04Tonnes: 7,523USD per tonne: $5,6100.67%Sea
Greece0.04Tonnes: 7,104USD per tonne: $5,3690.61%Sea
Portugal0.04Tonnes: 7,756USD per tonne: $4,7710.59%Sea
Vietnam0.04Tonnes: 6,310USD per tonne: $5,6890.57%Sea
Canada0.03Tonnes: 4,795USD per tonne: $6,6880.51%Sea
Chile0.03Tonnes: 4,468USD per tonne: $6,6880.48%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2018

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • China 2.9
  • United States 1.4
  • Spain 0.33
  • France 0.25
  • Italy 0.23

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.012.9
United States0.441.4
Spain0.10.33
France0.070.25
Italy0.020.23

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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