Análisis de la relación comercial entre el Ecuador y la Comunidad Andina de Naciones durante los años 2011 - 2016.

Abstract

The economic integration is an option that several countries have considered an opportunity to increase their development worldwide. Nowadays, the Andean integration process is in a stage of imperfect customs union. Nevertheless, the Andean Community has stimulated the trade of goods between the countries members by means of measures destined to eliminate the obstacles of the existing trade. Ecuador is a country that possesses commercial agreements with several countries, including their relation with the CAN, for that reason, within the present research it is analyzed how the process of integration of the Andean Community of Nations has favored the commercial flow from Ecuador to the other members of the CAN during the period 2011-2016. The investigation design used in this thesis corresponds to a mixed methodology, not experimental and longitudinal, and the type of research carried out was descriptive and explanatory. A diagnosis of the integration stage of the Andean Community was made up to the present; the commercial flow between Ecuador and the Andean Community of Nations was analyzed applying the benefits of the integration block; the advantages and disadvantages of Ecuador in the integration process of the CAN and the consequences of decoupling the block were identified. Finally, it was predicted with a statistical model of multiple linear regression, if the Andean Community advances to the next stage of integration, this is Customs Union; it will improve the commercial flow between Ecuador and the CAN, implementing an action plan.