Estudio de factibilidad económica para establecer una empresa de servicios de agentes de aduana en Ecuador.

Abstract

The customs agent is the person qualified to carry out foreign trade operations on behalf of the importer and exporter, the general objective of this business plan was to determine the economic feasibility of establishing a customs agent services company in Guayaquil, to which analyzed the current situation of the industry, where it was established that there are 305 customs agents in which 11% are legal entities and 89% natural persons. The methodology used had a quantitative approach with exploratory and descriptive scope, the population was of 4,259 importers nationwide and it will be present in Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, Manta, Puerto Bolívar, Esmeraldas, Tulcán, Latacunga, Huaquillas and Loja, with a sample of 353 units the services provided will be advisory, dispatch and logistics and customs transportation, for which an initial investment of $ 405,577.08 was needed, of which $ 120,000 was equity and financing of $ 285,577.08, an internal rate of return of 47.01% and a net present value of $ 306,439.23, whose recovery was in two years ten months and twenty days; therefore it is established that it is financially feasible.