Análisis de la influencia del precio de las materias primas en el costo de producción del sector camaronero en la provincia de El Oro.

Abstract

One of the sectors with the greatest impact on the Ecuadorian industry is the shrimp production and marketing activity. For this reason, the present study seeks to analyze the factors that intervene in shrimp production, placing special relevance on the raw material and its relationship with total production costs. For this, a company dedicated to the production and commercialization of shrimp in the province of El Oro is chosen to determine which component is of greater magnitude for its reduction. First, the microeconomic theories about production costs and how the main factors are composed were reviewed, allowing the identification of raw materials as variable costs and the values of administration and maintenance as fixed. In the methodological development, a deductive to inductive study was defined by applying the documentary review of sources such as the Central Bank of Ecuador, the National Chamber of Ecuador and the FAO World Food Organization, allowing to determine the production level of the shrimp sector in the country and the results at the level of the province of El Oro. On the other hand, from the inductive approach, the degree of relationship of the production factors was reviewed to determine which component of the raw material has the greatest impact, reaching the conclusion that the balance that represents 59.9% of the total incurred by the study company. Finally, strategies were proposed with the objective of reducing the cost of balancing and thus increasing profits for the company.