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Trade between Ecuador and the Netherlands

In 2024, Ecuador exported $973 million to the Netherlands and imported $249 million. Ecuador ran a surplus of $724 million with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $167 million in 2019. The Netherlands was Ecuador’s 12th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Ecuador was the Netherlands’ 74th (0.1%).

Summary

Ecuador → Netherlands
$973million
Netherlands → Ecuador
$249million
Ecuador’s balance
$724million

Balance

Ecuador’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Ecuador and the Netherlands grew 11.2-fold since 1995

USD millions (current). Ecuador’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 973
  • Imports 249
  • Balance +724

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$60 million$49 million$11 million
1996$85 million$56 million$29 million
1997$64 million$64 million-$781 thousand
1998$94 million$65 million$29 million
1999$137 million$37 million$100 million
2000$100 million$43 million$57 million
2001$82 million$50 million$31 million
2002$85 million$62 million$22 million
2003$108 million$63 million$45 million
2004$117 million$82 million$35 million
2005$188 million$172 million$16 million
2006$211 million$245 million-$34 million
2007$272 million$218 million$54 million
2008$274 million$156 million$118 million
2009$308 million$162 million$146 million
2010$340 million$147 million$193 million
2011$348 million$205 million$142 million
2012$351 million$215 million$136 million
2013$426 million$243 million$183 million
2014$504 million$395 million$109 million
2015$425 million$307 million$118 million
2016$405 million$198 million$207 million
2017$420 million$473 million-$53 million
2018$413 million$465 million-$52 million
2019$539 million$372 million$167 million
2020$536 million$138 million$398 million
2021$636 million$174 million$462 million
2022$688 million$341 million$346 million
2023$787 million$204 million$583 million
2024$973 million$249 million$724 million

What they sell each other

What Ecuador sells to the Netherlands

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cocoa beans$285 million · 29.3%
    40 thousand tonnes · Ecuador’s destinations
  2. Bananas$247 million · 25.4%
    374 thousand tonnes · Ecuador’s destinations
  3. Prepared fish and caviar$165 million · 16.9%
    30 thousand tonnes
  4. Cut flowers$100 million · 10.3%
    20 thousand tonnes
  5. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$72 million · 7.4%
    12 thousand tonnes
  6. Fruit and vegetable juices$17 million · 1.8%
    4 thousand tonnes
  7. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$16 million · 1.6%
    34 thousand tonnes
  8. Instant coffee and tea extracts$10 million · 0.99%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Frozen fruit$9 million · 0.94%
    3 thousand tonnes
  10. Preserved fruit and nuts$8 million · 0.85%
    3 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to Ecuador

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Coal tar oils$66 million · 26.4%
    66 thousand tonnes
  2. Poultry, beekeeping and forestry machinery$15 million · 6%
    851 tonnes
  3. Bulbs, tubers and rhizomes$13 million · 5.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Vaccines, blood and antisera$13 million · 5.1%
    20 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Food processing machinery$10 million · 4.1%
    453 tonnes
  6. Nitrogen fertilizers$10 million · 4%
    23 thousand tonnes
  7. Other food preparations$9 million · 3.5%
    936 tonnes
  8. Frozen vegetables$8 million · 3.4%
    6 thousand tonnes
  9. Pet and animal feed$7 million · 2.6%
    6 thousand tonnes
  10. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$5 million · 2.1%
    59 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Guayaquil to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Guayaquil and Rotterdam is 5,848 nautical miles (10,831 km) long: ≈ 13.5–17.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Panama Canal and Strait of Dover.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.2 billion · 95.6%
  2. Air$54 million · 4.4%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Ecuador’s 12th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Ecuador was the Netherlands’ 74th (0.1%).

The Netherlands in Ecuador’s trade
1.8%
The Netherlands’ rank among Ecuador’s partners
12th
Ecuador in the Netherlands’ trade
0.1%
Ecuador’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
74th

Compare with

Other partners of Ecuador

Other partners of the Netherlands

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.

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