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Ecuador
Ecuador concentrates its maritime trade on the Pacific coast, where Guayaquil and Posorja handle most container cargo. Quito is its main cargo airport, with a large share of flower exports.
Customs authority
National Customs Service of Ecuador (Servicio Nacional de Aduana del Ecuador, SENAE)
Main seaports
- Guayaquil
- Posorja
- Manta
- Puerto Bolívar
- Esmeraldas
Cargo airports
- Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Quito
- José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil
Free zones and special regimes
The Organic Law on Economic Efficiency and Employment Generation amended the COPCI and created a new free zone regime that includes commercial and logistics operations; former Special Economic Development Zones (ZEDE) could migrate to this regime.
Good to know
- Foreign trade procedures (import, export, transit and special regimes) are carried out in ECUAPASS, SENAE's customs system.
- All taxpayers except popular businesses must issue SRI electronic tax documents, under the offline scheme and within a maximum of 72 hours.
- Quito airport moved about 407,000 tonnes of cargo in 2025.
How we work in Ecuador
RealCore advises operations in Ecuador remotely and on site from its headquarters in Panama. Its recent project, Grupo Andinave's Terminal Logístico Durán in Durán, opened running logisticaHQ from day one.
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- Servicio Nacional de Aduana del Ecuador (SENAE)
- gob.ec – SENAE: trámites ECUAPASS
- SRI – Facturación electrónica
- SRI – Preguntas frecuentes de facturación electrónica
- Ministerio de Producción – Zonas francas atraen inversiones
- SRI – Reglamento General de la Ley Orgánica de Eficiencia Económica y Generación de Empleo
- NMS – Transición de ZEDES y zonas francas al nuevo régimen (Acuerdo MPCEIP-2024-0081-A)
- REFCALE (ULEAM) – Tráfico de buques portacontenedores en puertos ecuatorianos 2020-2025
- Logistics Cluster – Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo, Guayaquil
- Aeropuerto Internacional de Quito – Temporada de flores
- Quito Informa (Municipio de Quito) – El Aeropuerto de Quito movilizó 5,4 millones de pasajeros en 2025
- Expreso – El aeropuerto de Quito recibió más pasajeros en 2025
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