Overview

 

   

Petroleum is the engine of the Ecuadorian economy. Yet, agriculture, livestock production and fisheries, when analyzed together, constitute a very important sector of the country’s economy. Among Ecuador’s main export products, we find banana (the country being the world's largest banana producer and exporter), cacao, cut flowers, broccoli, plantains, crustaceans, tuna and other fish. Ecuador also produces coffee, rice, potato, cassava, maize and sugarcane. Agricultural imports mainly consist of soybean byproducts and wheat. Ecuador also produces poultry (the country is both exporter and importer) and beef cattle (for beef and milk).

* Another Nacional Flower: Roses (Rosa sp.).