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Who buys Ecuador’s tuna? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Ecuador exported $1.5 billion of tuna (313 thousand tonnes), 10.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were Spain (24%), the Netherlands (11%) and the United Kingdom (10%). Ecuador was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of tuna.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
313thousand tonnes
Share of world total
10.2%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Spain358Tonnes: 78,371USD per tonne: $4,56524.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports162Tonnes: 29,684USD per tonne: $5,46610.9%Sea
United Kingdom155Tonnes: 30,649USD per tonne: $5,05410.4%Sea
United States122Tonnes: 21,454USD per tonne: $5,6688.2%Sea
Italy106Tonnes: 17,938USD per tonne: $5,9337.2%Sea
Colombia98.6Tonnes: 25,102USD per tonne: $3,9266.6%Land
France90.3Tonnes: 17,852USD per tonne: $5,0616.1%Sea
Germany85.9Tonnes: 18,330USD per tonne: $4,6875.8%Sea
Argentina78.1Tonnes: 14,287USD per tonne: $5,4655.3%Sea
Chile40.3Tonnes: 9,457USD per tonne: $4,2642.7%Sea
Poland20.2Tonnes: 4,220USD per tonne: $4,7961.4%Sea
Portugal19.2Tonnes: 4,396USD per tonne: $4,3761.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports18.6Tonnes: 3,552USD per tonne: $5,2291.3%Sea
Peru17.5Tonnes: 5,912USD per tonne: $2,9591.2%Land
Venezuela13.9Tonnes: 3,296USD per tonne: $4,2110.93%Sea
Uruguay12.2Tonnes: 2,471USD per tonne: $4,9520.82%Sea
Denmark11.1Tonnes: 2,199USD per tonne: $5,0290.74%Sea
Ireland7.3Tonnes: 1,470USD per tonne: $4,9600.49%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire7.2Tonnes: 6,399USD per tonne: $1,1310.49%Sea
Costa Rica6.6Tonnes: 1,655USD per tonne: $3,9770.44%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Spain has been its main destination since 2006

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

  • Spain 358
  • Netherlands 162
  • United Kingdom 155
  • United States 122
  • Italy 106

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Spain40.4358
Netherlands0.37162
United Kingdom0.4155
United States42.5122
Italy7.1106

Sources and methodology

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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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