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Agriculture
Source: original certificates
The availability of these products is throughout
the whole year, which guarantees continuous sup-
ply and diversified offer.
Exportations Growth
Between 2000 and 2004, the worldwide coffee
sector experienced a strong crisis, due to the
global overproduction of grain and low prices.
Once it was overcome, it has been noticed a sus-
tained growth beginning from the year 2005, both
in terms of export volume and in foreign exchange
earnings, taking an average of 1,000,000 of sacks
of 60 kg in the last 4 years. There has been no-
ticed an increasing trend due to the changes in
the global consumer behavior and, as a conse-
quence, due to incentives to establish a reason-
able global price for the 2 coffee varieties.
Competitive Advantages
• Offer of washed or natural Arabica coffee and Ro-
busta coffee
• Highly competitive prices
• Product available during the whole year
• Diversity of products: green, roasted, roasted and
ground, spray-dried, agglomerated and freeze-dried
• Leading Infrastructure installed for the prosecution
of the coffees
• The special coffee and coffee extracts are products
with a great potential for development
• Ecuador is among the top five countries in the pro-
duction of freeze-dried coffee
Nowadays, there are 26 companies dedicated to
the exportation of coffee, 23 percent of which are
large companies and 67 percent are Small and
Medium Size enterprises. This classification is
based on the exportation and sales level in the lo-
cal market. Most of the companies have ISO 9000
certificates.
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
624.390,51
705.727,93
994.797,54
1.028.527,00
991.873,66
874.079,14
1.126.721,68
48.039.637,40
59.196.818,86
88.495.004,66
104.776.350,57
123.471.042,57
125.580.530,34
146.026.829,40
YEAR Sacks $
Institutions linked to the sector
COFENAC
The “Consejo Cafetalero Nacional” (COFENAC),
is a private organization responsible for the de-
velopment, management and definition of the Na-
tional Coffee Policy, being the governing institu-
tion of the Ecuadorian coffee industry.
COFENAC is composed of the following bodies:
the Supreme Council, the Executive Directorate
and the Technical Division.
The Supreme Council is its leading body that is
composed of seven representatives, including the
State: The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock or
its permanent delegate, who presides; the Minis-
ter of Industry, Trade, Integration and Fishing or
its permanent delegate; a delegate of the National
Association of Coffee Exporters (ANECAFE); a
representative of Independent Coffee Growers; a
representative of the coffee industry; a delegate
of the Federation of Coffee Cooperatives of Ec-
uador (FENACAFE); and a representative of the
Coffee Growers of the Amazon region. These
representatives meet periodically to adopt resolu-
tions that are mandatory for all the actors in the
coffee chain, including the State.
Web: www.cofenac.org
ANECAFE
Since May 1983, the National Association of Cof-
fee Exporters (ANECAFE), is a non-profit organi-
zation, set up under the civil and private law and
with legal personality recognized by the Ecuado-
rian State. It is the oldest gremial coffee entity in
Ecuador.
e-mail: anecafe@aiisat.com