Manual de procedimientos comerciales y logísticos para la exportación de malanga (Xanthosoma Sagittifolium) desde el puerto de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Developing pre-dispatch procedures at the port requires the exporter to coordinate commercial, customs, and phytosanitary control requirements scattered across different regulations, which complicates the export of taro (Xanthosoma Sagittifolium) as a commercial alternative in international markets. Facing this issue, the research aimed to develop a logistical procedures manual for exporting taro from the port of Guayaquil by identifying and organizing the activities involved from product preparation to international shipment. The study followed a qualitative approach, using descriptive and proposal-oriented documentary research, for which regulations, institutional documents, technical publications, and academic sources related to the production, preparation, marketing, phytosanitary control, customs clearance, and international transport of agricultural products were reviewed and systematized using a documentary review matrix that allowed classifying information according to its relation to the objectives and the construction of the proposal. Based on the gathered information, the participants, requirements, documents, and activities involved in the operation were established, and these elements were subsequently incorporated into a technical manual detailing the responsible parties, supporting documentation, verifications, results, indicators, risks, and records for each procedure, along with tools designed to facilitate its consultation and application. The outcome materializes as a technical and instructional guide outlining the sequence required to organize the maritime export of malanga from the port of Guayaquil.