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Ecuador Prepares a 12,000-Ton Rice Purchase for Strategic Reserves
The reserve is intended to reduce market distortions and strengthen food security ahead of the expected El Niño impact on coastal harvests.
Ecuador Mining Exports Reach USD 1.381 Billion as Eight-Project Pipeline Takes Shape
Ecuador’s mining exports reached USD 1.3814 billion in Q1 2026, up 65.3% year over year. The Central Bank report also maps two producing large-scale mines and six exploration projects, including a USD 4.209 billion estimate for Cascabel.
Ecuador Credit Costs Are Falling Across Corporate and SME Segments
Ecuador’s average effective credit rate fell from 12.81% to 11.58% year over year. Corporate and SME borrowers saw larger reductions, creating a potentially more favorable financing environment for investment and expansion.
Eternit Targets USD 22,000 Industrialized Homes as Ecuador Housing Credit Expands
Eternit is preparing a standardized social-housing product for late 2026. The company’s proposed homes, investment, and pricing arrive as Ecuador’s housing-credit portfolio reaches USD 2.861 billion.
Ecuador Public Procurement Reached USD 3.38 Billion in H1 2026
A PRIMICIAS analysis of 129,652 awarded processes shows a procurement market split between high-value tenders and a much larger electronic-catalog base.
Ecuador Puts Payment Documentation at the Center of USD 10,000-Plus Transactions
The measure broadens the compliance surface around property transfers, mortgages, donations, consortia, credit assignments, and other instruments.
Electrified Vehicles Reach 25.1% of Ecuador's Auto Market in H1
Tax treatment, wider model availability, and BYD's rising sales point to an increasingly structural shift in Ecuador's automotive market.
Ecuador Banana Sector Presses Europe On Price And Sustainability
The export sector says retail pricing obscures production standards and is preparing for the European Union’s 2030 due-diligence regime.
BCE Survey Points To Stronger Q3 Credit Demand With Tighter Screening
The central bank survey covers 23 private banks, 334 cooperatives, and four mutuals and points to stronger financing demand alongside continued risk controls.
SRI Extends Commercial Transport Compliance To December 31
Resolution NAC-DGERCGC26-00000028 extends the implementation window and sets an ex-officio RUC update from January 1, 2027 for taxpayers that do not comply.
SEPS Disputes The Delay Around Incoop’s Forced Liquidation
SEPS says Incoop failed three of 41 intensive-supervision strategies and that its forced liquidation was administratively ratified on April 10, 2026.
Ecuador Puts More Than $484,000 Into Coastal Agricultural Equipment
The package includes four tractors, eight mobile agro-production units, 378 input packages, and 26,358 sacks of DAP fertilizer.