LatinNews Daily - 18 June 2025

*Ecuador’s federation of exporters (Fedexpor) has announced that the country’s non-oil and non-mining exports in the first four months of 2025 totalled US$8.20bn, up 24% year-on-year. The biggest annual rise was in agricultural exports, which were up 35% at US$4.15bn, with cacao and its derivatives up 100% at US$1.62bn, bananas and plantains up 12% at US$1.52bn, and flowers up 5% at US$373m. Exports from the fishing and aquaculture sector were up 15% at US$3.32bn, with prawn exports up 19% at US$2.58bn and tinned fish up 15% at US$575m, although tuna and fish exports were down 12% at US$98m. Exports from the manufacturing sector grew by 10% to total US$730m, with wood products up 18% at US$196m and chemical and pharmaceutical products up 4% at US$68m, although ceramic products were down 20% at US$9m. The main destinations for non-oil and non-mining exports were the US and European Union (EU), which both received goods totalling US$2.07bn, followed by China (US$1.17bn) and Russia (US$350m).

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