Análisis de la percepción del precio y presentación del aceite girasol en el consumidor ecuatoriano durante el conflicto Ucrania-Rusia.

Abstract

This study deals with the consumption of oil by Ecuadorian families; an analysis that arises from the concern when comparing with the previous period – 2021 – a 4% drop in consumption between January and March 2022. When observing the inflation in the price of vegetable oils, an increase of 31% in the price, the last 12 months. Therefore, the concern is raised to know if, with these data, there is any economic impact both in the food basket and in the economy of Ecuadorians who consume and produce; that is, the actors in the edible oil market in Ecuador. The information circulating is that the figures have been conditioned by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, so the analysis looks at the figures that reveal the behavior of the players in this market and shows that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has both a direct and as indirect on the price of edible oil in the country and is manifested in the market through the value in the basic basket and the rapid presence of substitutes.