TOPIC 19 MANUFACTURES AND INDUSTRIES

  1. AN OLD TRADITION
  1. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

Textile industry

  1. FISHING INDUSTRY AND ARTISINAL FISHING

Since ancient times, human societies

learned to manually produce goods that

served them to satisfy their needs.

Wood, clay, metals were used to produce household decoration artifacts. This activity was developed throughout History and remains to this day as crafts, whose importance is great in the country.

The industry linked to fishing has developed rapidly in recent years. It has important

investments in the fleet fishery and the network of refrigerators, as well as in factories

for canning and processing of fishmeal and fish oil. Their sales are made mainly in

the international market; however, the

national poultry industry requires a large

amount of fishmeal.

Artisanal fishing, that is, fishing by small boats, absorbs the largest amount of dedicated labor to this activity, but its contribution to the product is less than the industrial one.

Food and beverage industry

It is the most important branch of activity in

the manufacturing industry.

It is the one with
the most workers.

This, added to the refining of oil and fuel and to the extraction of crude oil and natural gas, represents 67% of the total production of Ecuador.

These activities are concentrated in Guayas, Pichincha and Sucumbíos.

It is one of the oldest in the country. It is made up of large spinning and weaving

companies, and by numerous small clothing companies. The textile activity is

concentrated, mainly, in the provinces of Pichincha and Guayas. Both types of

companies supply the domestic market. The textiles even they trade with the outside.

During the first decade of this century, they recovered from the shock of the 1999

crisis and the commercial opening promoted by the neoliberal model, through a

strong internal productive reorganization.

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