Competitividad de las exportaciones florícolas del Ecuador : un análisis comparativo actual.

Abstract

The present research work has as its main objective to describe the present situation of the Ecuadorian cut-flowers exports competitiveness among its principal competitors in the cut-flowers export market: Colombia, Netherlands and Kenya in the principal imports markets: World, United States, European Union and the Russian Federation. The methodology applied during the research analysis were: Revealed Exports Advantages Index (REA), and the Constant Market Share Analysis (CMS). The theorical framework was developed according to the principal theories that refer about international trade and competitiveness. The main conclusion is, that Ecuador has kept during the whole period of analysis in a steady way it´s relative advantages placing it second around world when Kenya is the first one in the same period. Kenya also shows as the most competitive exporter in each of the principal markets in the relative and accumulative calculations.