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Article: Ecuador: U.S.-made's in the shade.(includes related article on import requirements on prepared foods)(US' food exports to Ecuador)
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- AgExporter
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
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Ecuador may be a small country, but its 12 million consumers have a big appetite for a variety of new U.S. prepared food products. Leading the list: barbecue sauce, prepared spaghetti sauce and salad dressings. As Ecuador's economy improves and more women enter the workplace, the demand for convenience food, often with an international flavor, is expanding rapidly.
This small, equatorial nation expects to maintain a 2.5- to 3-percent growth rate over the next few years. A gross domestic product of $20 billion in 1997 supported a per capita income of $1,670.
U.S. products already have fans lined up, thanks to the considerable exposure to U.S. culture ...