The Economic Impact of Safeguards in Ecuador in the Food Sector Period 2014 – 2016
The objective of this article is to indicate the economic impact in the food sector due to the effect of safeguards applied to food imports in the Ecuadorian Government during the period 2014 - 2016. Related issues have been analyzed such as foreign trade, tariffs, safeguards, as the food sector aff...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial |
| Repositorio: | Revistas Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.ute.edu.ec:article/316 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ute.edu.ec/index.php/economia-y-negocios/article/view/316 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | imports tariffs safeguard food security importaciones aranceles salvaguardia seguridad alimentaria |
| Sumario: | The objective of this article is to indicate the economic impact in the food sector due to the effect of safeguards applied to food imports in the Ecuadorian Government during the period 2014 - 2016. Related issues have been analyzed such as foreign trade, tariffs, safeguards, as the food sector affected the food security, the types of food products that are part of the food supply of a country, as well as such as the environment and implementation of policy measures and their economic impact.The results showed that in the food sector, the imports in the safeguards affected items amounted to 564.6 million dollars, of which the direct impact on the economy of the Ecuadorian society was an increase in the payment of US $ 142.4 million due to the application of safeguards on imported food products, which directly affected the economy of Ecuadorians and reduced living standards due to the reduction of the country's food supply. |
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