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The economy of Ecuador is the eighth largest in Latin America and the 69th largest in the world by total GDP. [17] Ecuador's economy is based on the export of oil, bananas, shrimp, gold, other primary agricultural products and money transfers from Ecuadorian emigrants employed abroad. [18] In 2017, remittances constituted 2.7% of Ecuador's GDP ...
Cuenca is known for its textiles, furniture, hats, and shoes. The straw hats known around the world as Panama hats are made in Cuenca by local artisans. Cuenca also exports flowers to the United States and countries in Europe. While farming has shrunk in the past years, it is still an important sector of the city's economy, mainly vegetables ...
In the agricultural sector, Ecuador is a major exporter of bananas (first place worldwide in export [140]), flowers, and the seventh largest producer of cocoa. [141] Ecuador also produces coffee, rice, potatoes, cassava (manioc, tapioca), plantains and sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork and dairy products; fish, and shrimp; and balsa ...
Chuquiraga jussieui, the flower of the Andes, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. [2] It is a low shrub, reaching a height of about 75 cm. Chuquiraga jussieui is an endangered flower. Flowers are pale yellow or orange. It is native to Ecuador and Peru [citation needed], and grows at
Map of countries by exports, 2023. The following article lists different countries and territories by their exports according to data from the World Bank. Included are merchandise exports and service exports. Merchandise exports are goods that are produced in one country and sold to another country. Service exports refer to the cross-border ...
The flower auction at Royal FloraHolland [10] is the largest flower market in the world. Since the mid-1970s, the production and distribution of cut flowers in the Netherlands has burgeoned. Billions of cut flowers are shipped to the Netherlands every year to be sold at auction followed by immediate transport to buyers around the world.
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Ventanas it is an Ecuadorian city; head of the Ventanas Canton, in the Los Ríos Province, as well as the fourth most populated city in the Province of Los Ríos.It is located in the center of the coastal region of Ecuador, on an extensive plain, crossed by the Zapotal River, at an altitude of 24 meters above sea level and with a rainy tropical climate of 26 °C on average.