Food and agricultural supply-chain services in Ecuador

Largest temperature-controlled storage and logistics company in Latin America and the Caribbean per GCCA rankings, with a network of around 110 cold storage warehouses in 11 countries.

Peruvian-headquartered logistics operator present in 12 Latin American countries whose warehousing services include cold stores for refrigerated and frozen products alongside dry storage.

Operates one of the world's largest temperature-controlled warehouse networks, with more than 480 facilities across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific offering frozen, refrigerated and multi-zone storage plus blast freezing.

Owns and operates around 250 temperature-controlled warehouses worldwide, including 19 sites across Australia and New Zealand positioned near ports and major distribution centres.

Japanese logistics group offering warehouse storage and distribution including a cold chain logistics service alongside general ambient warehousing. It operates in Japan and internationally, including bases in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.

General deposit warehouse operator authorized as a public customs deposit, running facilities in Duran, Quito, Cuenca and Manta with about 68,000 tons and 130,408 square meters of combined warehouse, yard and silo capacity for general merchandise and imported goods.

Logistics operator founded in 1976, authorized by Ecuador customs as a bonded warehouse, providing storage, inventory administration, dispatch and a grain treatment plant from two Guayaquil sites, two Quito sites in Carapungo and Calderon, and a Manta location.

Customs-authorized temporary deposit operator in Guayaquil offering a dedicated cold storage section alongside general and high-value cargo storage areas, backed by a 150 KVA emergency generator, forklifts and 24 hour armed security.

KLN Logistics Group (formerly Kerry Logistics Network) is a Hong Kong-headquartered logistics provider offering air, ocean and land freight, integrated logistics, warehousing, customs brokerage, e-commerce fulfilment and cold chain solutions across Asia and beyond.

Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered global freight forwarding and contract logistics provider offering ocean and air freight, warehousing, distribution, customs brokerage and temperature-controlled cold chain logistics for perishable goods.

DHL Supply Chain, part of Germany-headquartered DHL Group, is the world's leading contract logistics provider offering warehousing, transport, distribution and temperature-controlled cold chain solutions for perishables and life sciences.

Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered global logistics provider offering air, ocean and ground freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, customs support and supply chain solutions across roughly 57 countries.

CJ Logistics is a Seoul-headquartered integrated logistics provider offering warehousing, transportation, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, parcel delivery and IoT-enabled cold chain solutions for frozen, chilled and temperature-controlled goods.

Melbourne-headquartered logistics provider offering integrated supply chain, warehousing (including ambient, cold chain and frozen storage), transport and customs services across a network spanning around 150 countries.

Danish-headquartered global transport and logistics group operating in over 90 countries with air, sea, road and rail freight, contract logistics and temperature-controlled cold chain services for perishables and healthcare.

Marseille-headquartered logistics provider (part of CMA CGM, having absorbed Bolloré Logistics under one brand) operating in around 170 countries with contract logistics, air/ocean/ground freight, customs and reefer/perishables cold chain services.

Levallois (France)-headquartered full-service logistics company operating in around 166 countries with freight forwarding, contract logistics, distribution/express and temperature-controlled cold chain capabilities.

Abu Dhabi-headquartered logistics and investment group whose businesses include Agility Logistics Parks (Grade-A warehousing), Shipa freight forwarding, delivery and e-commerce fulfilment, and customs digitalization across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

GXO Logistics is a publicly traded (NYSE: GXO) contract logistics company that operates temperature-controlled and ambient warehousing and distribution services, including for food and beverage manufacturers, with its global headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut.

ID Logistics US is the United States operating entity of ID Logistics, a French-headquartered global contract logistics group; it was formed from ID Logistics' 2022 acquisition of Kane Logistics and provides warehousing, omnichannel distribution, and multi-temperature site operations from Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Ecuadorian logistics group founded in 1953 in Guayaquil, offering air and maritime freight forwarding, customs brokerage, land transport, container yard and warehousing services, with branch offices in Quito, Cuenca and Manta.

Guayaquil warehousing and logistics operator founded in 2012 out of an in-house dairy-industry logistics operation, now managing inventory, storage and distribution continuity for exporters and producers from its facility at Km 10.5 via a Daule.

Certified logistics operator running BPADT-certified warehouses in Quito and Guayaquil, holding ARCSA storage and distribution certification, a Ministry of Public Health logistics operating permit and an ANT heavy-cargo transport permit, serving pharmaceutical and healthcare clients with temperature-controlled tracking.

Ecuadorian-Swiss company operating since 1989 as a bonded temporary customs warehouse at Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, specializing in storage of perishable import cargo with real-time monitoring and a dedicated tracking app.

Ecuadorian logistics operator active since 2014, holding 534 registered ARCSA third-party warehousing and conditioning codes and running 4 warehouses across Ecuador for storage, distribution, transport and product conditioning of regulated goods.

Ecuadorian third-party logistics operator with over 18 years of experience, ISO 9001:2015 and BPADT certified, running distribution centers in Quito (Llano Grande, Calderon) and Guayaquil (Juan Montalvo) for national warehousing, co-packing and distribution services.

Kuehne+Nagel is a global freight forwarder offering sea and air logistics, customs, and dedicated cold chain and perishables services across close to 100 countries.

DSV is a Denmark-based global transport and logistics provider offering sea freight, air freight, customs, and project logistics across more than 90 countries.

Expeditors International is a US-based logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and project cargo through a global network in over 100 countries.

Sinotrans is a China-based logistics group and major NVOCC offering sea and air freight forwarding, shipping agency, and multimodal logistics from Chinese ports worldwide.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is a Germany-based freight forwarder operating in 62 countries with a dedicated perishable logistics arm offering temperature-controlled and reefer transport for food, flowers and edible oils.

Dimerco Express Group is a Taiwan-based, Asia-Pacific-focused freight forwarder providing air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, and contract logistics across China, India and ASEAN.

Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, perishable logistics and project logistics across more than 50 countries.

Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered freight forwarder offering air and ocean freight forwarding, customs house brokerage, and cold chain logistics with reefer container and chilled/frozen air options for perishables.

CEVA Logistics, a CMA CGM company headquartered in France, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and dedicated reefer and air-perishables cold chain services across around 170 countries.

Kerry Logistics (KLN Logistics Group) is a Hong Kong-headquartered, Asia-based global 3PL offering international air, ocean, road and rail freight forwarding, customs brokerage, project logistics and cold chain services across 58 countries and territories.

Rhenus Logistics is a Germany-headquartered logistics provider offering air and ocean freight forwarding, road transport, customs brokerage and project logistics across more than 70 countries.

C.H. Robinson is a US-headquartered global logistics provider offering ocean, air, customs brokerage, temperature-controlled and project logistics services with regional Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, Singapore and Mumbai.

Mainfreight is a New Zealand-headquartered logistics company providing air and sea freight forwarding, customs brokerage and dedicated perishable freight handling across a network of offices in 27 countries.

cargo-partner is an Austria-headquartered info-logistics provider and Nippon Express Group member offering air, sea and land freight, warehousing and cold-chain transport for perishables, with its Asia-Pacific regional head office in Hong Kong.

Seafrigo is a France-headquartered cold-chain logistics specialist providing temperature-controlled ocean freight, airfreight, customs and reefer-container services for perishable goods across offices on five continents.

Röhlig Logistics is a Germany-headquartered, owner-run international sea and air freight forwarder offering customs brokerage, project logistics and temperature-controlled/perishable cargo handling across more than 35 countries including Australia and New Zealand.

Woodland Group is a UK-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and temperature-controlled reefer logistics for perishable goods from its office in Hayes, Middlesex.

Europa Worldwide Group is a UK freight and logistics company that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and project cargo forwarding from its head office in Dartford, Kent.

Cool Cargo UK is a Hounslow-based freight forwarder that provides temperature-controlled air freight and reefer sea freight for perishable and pharmaceutical goods.

Gateway Cargo is a Kent-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight and customs clearance services from its head office in Strood, with an additional customs office at the port of London Gateway.

Hemisphere Freight Services is a UK freight forwarder with a branch at Skelmersdale near the Port of Liverpool, offering ocean, air, road and project freight forwarding, customs clearance, and handling of reefer cargo.

AIT Worldwide Logistics is a freight forwarder headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, offering ocean freight, air freight, and customs clearance services alongside a dedicated cold chain logistics service for temperature-controlled shipments, including produce.

FECARGO is a Guayaquil based cargo consolidator, international freight agency and customs broker operating since 2005, handling FCL and LCL ocean freight, air cargo, reefer bookings and project cargo shipments.

ALOGINSA is a Guayaquil freight agency founded in 2003 specialized in Ecuador's fishing sector, managing reefer and dry container bookings, fishmeal and fish oil cargo, shrimp cold chain shipments and oversized project cargo, with a network in over 185 countries.

SEIMA, operated by Cardenas and Asociados C. Ltda., is an Ecuadorian cargo consolidator and customs broker active since 1984 with customs permits to handle cargo at the ports of Guayaquil, Manta and Esmeraldas and at airports in Guayaquil and Quito.

Unireefer Group is a reefer logistics operator and shipping agency serving Ecuadorian banana and frozen product exporters, running cold storage warehouses at the CONTECON terminal in Guayaquil and the YILPORT terminal in El Oro province, and acting as general agent for the Cool Carriers reefer shipping line.

Intercarga is an Ecuadorian cargo consolidator offering air, ocean and land freight for imports and for perishable cargo exports, customs clearance through its own bonded warehouse (deposito temporal aduanero), and distribution from Quito and Guayaquil.

EBF Cargo is a Quito based international freight agency operating since 2002 at Nicolas Baquero and 29 de Abril, specialized in perishable and flower cargo with vacuum cooling cold chain service and closed circuit monitored cold storage rooms.

Livingston International is a customs broker offering customs clearance, trade consulting, and freight forwarding. It operates from around 100 networked offices across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Descartes Systems Group provides customs and regulatory compliance solutions, including customs declarations, security filings, Harmonized System classification, denied party screening, and export compliance. It serves customers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Bonded customs agent based in Guayaquil with over 19 years handling import and export clearance, cargo inspection and customs advisory across maritime ports and airports in Ecuador.

Customs brokerage founded in 1958 and based in Guayaquil, with offices in Manta and Esmeraldas, handling merchandise nationalization, special import regimes, IMO dangerous-goods clearance, tariff classification and Ecuapass OCE registration.

Bonded customs agency authorized by SENAE under resolution SENAE-SG0-2023-0290-RE, based in Guayaquil, handling ground, air and sea import and export clearance including vehicle imports and commercial samples.

Customs agency founded in 1955 with offices in Guayaquil and Quito, BASC and ISO certified, offering import and export clearance, tariff classification, bonded warehousing regimes and specialized cargo transportation with satellite tracking.

BASC-certified customs brokerage and freight forwarder headquartered on Chile y Aguirre in Guayaquil, offering customs clearance across all regimes, ocean and air freight, container sales and rental, and GPS cargo tracking.

Licensed customs brokerage listed on the SENAE national agentes de aduana registry, operating from Guayaquil with over 30 years in agenciamiento aduanero and air, maritime and land cargo transport, offering door to door import and export handling.

Customs brokerage founded in 2005 and operating in Guayaquil for more than 40 years under the Gaviria family practice, handling maritime and air import and export clearance, holding ISO 9001:2015 and BASC certification.

Customs brokerage operating as part of Grupo Calderon in Guayaquil with more than 50 years of trajectory in agenciamiento aduanero, running its own RCM Web tracking platform for import and export clearance operations.

Darling Group grows, packs and exports fresh produce, connecting growers with global buyers through subsidiaries covering citrus, avocados and distribution across Australasia. Its produce includes avocados, citrus, blueberries, kiwifruit and mangoes.

Matipou Exports markets and exports New Zealand apples, combining fruit from its own packhouse with supply from other growers and packers. It handles Royal Gala, Premium Gala and NZ Queen varieties for export and domestic distribution.

T&G Global grows, markets and exports fresh produce, working with growers and distributors to sell in more than 60 countries. It is a major apple exporter with premium brands including Envy and Jazz, alongside kiwifruit and vegetables.

Freshmax is a full-service produce marketer that sources, imports and exports fresh produce around the Pacific Rim, supplying customers on six continents. It handles apples, pears, avocados, bananas, berries, cherries, citrus, table grapes and durian, and develops proprietary varieties.

Eco-Fruits is a Hanoi-based tropical fruit exporter that sources from Vietnamese growers and its own farms, then exports to wholesalers in around 60 markets. It handles banana, durian, coconut, mango, dragon fruit and avocado, plus processed fruit, nuts and spices.

Salix Fruits is a global fruit import and export company working with more than 80 producers across 18 countries and serving around 400 customers in 57 countries. It trades apples, citrus, pears, grapes and other fruit, and provides logistics and documentation support.

Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Ltd is a Scottish shellfish processor that harvests, processes and distributes scallops, langoustine, crab and whelk from its Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire facility to customers worldwide.

Associated Seafoods Limited is the Scottish parent company of Lossie Seafoods and Moray Seafoods, processing smoked salmon and shellfish at sites in Buckie and Arbroath for customers around the world.

Reybanpac S.A. is a Guayaquil based banana and palm producer and exporter founded in 1977, operating as part of Grupo Wong's Favorita Fruit Company and holding agricultural, social and environmental certifications for its export operations.

Aromas y Sabores del Ecuador Aromacacao S.A. is a cacao en grano exporter operating from the World Trade Center offices on Avenida Francisco de Orellana in Guayaquil, and is a registered member of ANECACAO, the national cacao exporters association.

Quevexport S.A. is a cacao en grano exporter based on Via Valencia in Quevedo, Los Rios province, and is a registered member of ANECACAO, Ecuador's national association of cacao exporters.

GrandSur exports Ecuadorian cacao beans and primary processed derivatives including cacao powder, butter and liquor, running a processing facility in San Jacinto de Yaguachi and a purchasing station in Buena Fe, Los Rios, with commercial offices in Guayaquil.

Chocolates Finos Nacionales Cofina S.A. processes and exports cacao en grano and semielaborados products from its facility on Km 11 Via Duran-Tambo in Duran, and is a registered member of ANECACAO, Ecuador's national cacao exporters association.

Asociacion de Pequenos Productores El Guabo, known as ASOGUABO, is a Fairtrade certified banana producer association based in El Guabo, El Oro province, exporting conventional and organic bananas to the United States and Europe and holding BASC security certification.

COFCO International is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and serves as the overseas agriculture trading arm of COFCO Corporation, buying, processing and distributing grains, oilseeds, sugar, coffee and cotton through warehouses, port terminals and processing plants in more than 30 countries.

Alvean is a sugar trading company with its Geneva trading hub at Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 4, Grand-Lancy, Switzerland, specializing in origination, commercialization and trading of raw and white sugar for bulk and bagged shipment by container and vessel, with staff across nine countries.

Sucafina SA is a coffee merchant headquartered at Place de Saint-Gervais 1 in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 1977, sourcing green coffee from origin countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia and supplying roasters worldwide through washing stations and farmer certification programs.

ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Limited is headquartered in Pully, Switzerland and operates as a soft commodity trading group in coffee, cocoa and cotton, sourcing from more than 40 producing countries and running a dedicated risk management unit, ECOM Risk Management, for hedging and client risk advisory.

SGS is a global testing, inspection and certification company with a dedicated fresh produce service group. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. certification, pesticide residue and laboratory testing, and agricultural commodity inspection through a worldwide laboratory network.

Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection and certification group whose food and agriculture division covers GLOBALG.A.P. and food safety certification. Its BVAQ agri-food laboratories in Southeast Asia perform pesticide residue and contaminant testing on fruits and vegetables for export markets.

Intertek is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body operating in over 100 countries. Its fruit and vegetable services include microbiological, residue and contaminant testing plus organic food testing for fresh produce supply chains.

Control Union is a Netherlands-based certification and inspection group present in over 80 countries. It offers GLOBALG.A.P. and organic certification, commodity inspection, laboratory testing, and fumigation services across agricultural supply chains.

Eurofins Scientific operates a network of laboratories across 60-plus countries and is a leader in pesticide residue testing. Its food and feed laboratories test fruits and vegetables against maximum residue levels for export markets such as the EU, US and Japan.

Mérieux NutriSciences runs a global network of ISO 17025 accredited food laboratories. It provides multi-residue pesticide testing and other food safety analyses on fruits, vegetables and other matrices for regulatory compliance.

NSF is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body for agriculture and aquaculture producers. It runs an extensive global food safety audit network and offers farm certification schemes including GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody.

Ecocert is a France-based certification body operating in more than 130 countries, best known for organic agriculture certification. It also certifies producers to the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance standard.

TÜV Rheinland is a Germany-based testing and certification group operating in over 70 countries. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody certification for fruit, vegetable and crop producers.

TÜV SÜD PSB operates ISO 17025 accredited food testing laboratories in Singapore recognized by the Singapore Food Agency. It offers chemical, pesticide residue and microbiological analysis for food and agricultural products.

SGS del Ecuador operates an inspection, testing and certification office at Av. de las Americas, Centro de Convenciones, Guayaquil, part of the global SGS testing, inspection and certification network active in Ecuador's agricultural export sector.

Bureau Veritas Ecuador S.A. is a SAE designated conformity assessment body (RUC 1790947696001, Quito) with an additional office in Guayaquil, offering GLOBALG.A.P. agricultural certification to Ecuadorian banana exporters and management system certification.

Seidlaboratory Cia. Ltda. is a laboratory founded in 1984 in Quito performing physicochemical and microbiological analysis for food, agricultural and export products, accredited by Ecuador's SAE under NTE INEN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 (SAE LEN 05-011) and by Agrocalidad, with FDA LAAF recognition.

QCS Ecuador is an SAE accredited organic certification body based in Quito that reviews and certifies organic production for Ecuadorian growers and works with Agrocalidad on organic regulation training and compliance.

Agrorum S.A. is the official Eurofins Group representative for food, agricultural and environmental laboratory analysis in Ecuador, operating out of Guayaquil and helping exporters meet destination-market testing and regulatory compliance requirements.

BHT Control de Plagas operates phosphine gas fumigation for grain silos, bagged storage and maritime containers from its Guayaquil base, serving food, feed and export sectors with more than fifteen years in pest and quarantine treatment.

Blucontrol Ecuador S.A., based in Guayaquil, holds Agrocalidad and ARCSA accreditation and applies quarantine fumigation treatment to stored products in silos, warehouses and shipping containers for exporters and importers.

Carval del Ecuador Carvalecsa S.A., a Guayaquil industrial supplier established in 2018, applies NIMF15 heat treatment above fifty six degrees Celsius for more than thirty minutes to European format wood pallets used in export packaging.

Grupo DYMAP S.C.C. is a Quito area timber company founded in 1992 that holds Agrocalidad certification for thermal heat treatment of wood pallets and export packaging at its Machachi factory south of the city.

Pallets Xpress manufactures pine and Saman wood pallets and export crates from its Duran, Guayas facility, and holds Agrocalidad wood packaging registration code EC-G 159 for NIMF15 compliant export marking.

Municipal public enterprise operating Ecuador's largest agricultural wholesale collection and distribution center in Ambato, supplying an estimated 70 percent of national territory with fruit, vegetables and tubers, with dedicated vendor bays including Nave P for fresh coastal fruit and market days concentrated on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Foodservice distributor founded in 2016 operating an e-commerce ordering platform for hotels, restaurants, cafeterias and catering businesses, stocking over 800 products including pantry staples, dairy, sauces and baking supplies from brands such as Nestle and Maggi, with warehouses in Quito and Ambato and 48 hour delivery.

Ecuador's largest shrimp and tilapia producer operates a domestic seafood distribution arm branded Puerto Priscila, running virtual stores and physical points of sale in Guayaquil and, since 2020, Quito, supplying shrimp, tilapia, squid and processed items such as nuggets and corviches to local customers.

Food and beverage distributor founded in 1995 as the exclusive Ecuadorian distributor for Compania Nacional de Chocolates and Industrias Alimenticias Noel, operating offices in Quito and Guayaquil and a nationwide concessionaire network built up between 1998 and 2002 that supplies supermarkets, wholesalers and traditional stores with brands including Colcafe, Sello Rojo and Doria.

Municipal wholesale market enterprise, Empresa Publica Metropolitana de Mercados Mayoristas, operating the Parque Comercial Mayorista at Avenida Teniente Hugo Ortiz and Ayapamba in southern Quito, where merchants and service providers trade bulk food and agricultural produce.

Thailand-headquartered multinational packaging company producing corrugated and paper packaging, foodservice packaging, and fresh-produce solutions, including modified-atmosphere OptiBreath films used to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.

India's largest flexible packaging materials company, headquartered in Noida. Manufactures BOPP, BOPET and CPP packaging films (including metallized and barrier grades) used for food, beverage, pharma and industrial packaging, with manufacturing plants across four continents.

Amcor is a global packaging company that produces flexible and barrier films, folding cartons, and specialty packaging for food, beverage, healthcare, and consumer goods, including fresh-produce, meat, and dairy applications.

Huhtamaki is a global food-packaging manufacturer producing moulded-fibre trays and punnets, flexible films, paperboard, and foodservice packaging, including packaging used for fresh produce and food-on-the-shelf.

Smurfit Westrock is a global paper-based packaging company producing corrugated boxes, fresh-produce trays and boxes, folding cartons, containerboard, and bag-in-box systems.

Corrugated cardboard and paper packaging manufacturer with a corrugating plant and paper mill in Cuenca and a corrugating plant in Guayaquil, four plants nationwide, producing export cartons for Ecuadorian agricultural exporters. Holds ISO 9001:2015 and BASC V5-2017 certification.

Corrugated cardboard box manufacturer operating since 1988 from its factory in the La Florida Alta district of Quito, producing custom fruit crates, tray-style boxes and kraft or printed corrugated boxes and sheets for national distribution.

Corrugated cardboard packaging manufacturer with a 52,000 square meter industrial complex at Km 14 Via a Daule in Guayaquil, running automated high-speed production lines and listed as a value-chain affiliate of the Asociacion de Exportadores de Banano del Ecuador.

Label and packaging tape manufacturer operating plants in both Quito and Guayaquil, using German and Italian equipment to produce adhesive and thermal traceability labels and shrink wrap materials for food industry clients, listed as an AEBE value-chain affiliate.

Plastic protection converter for the banana industry, operating from Km 14.5 Via a Samborondon in Guayaquil for over 15 years, producing low-density polyethylene foam export box liners along with bunch sleeves and protectors made from virgin plastic resin.

Australia/New Zealand arm of the global Veolia environmental services group, providing food organics and garden organics (FOGO) collection and processing. It uses in-vessel composting and forced-aeration to make compost and soil conditioners, and runs anaerobic digestion converting commercial food waste to electricity.

Australian subsidiary of the global REMONDIS Group providing commercial food organics collection and processing. It uses sealed tunnel composting to turn food and garden waste into compost, mulch and fertiliser for parks, agriculture and gardens.

A food bank operating under the Archdiocese of Guayaquil that has run for 15 years collecting surplus food from supermarkets, restaurants, hotels and agricultural producers and redistributing it through a network of social institutions, having served over 470,000 meals to vulnerable children.

An organic waste composting operator based in Quito that uses monitored, temperature and humidity controlled decomposition and a self-propelled turning machine to process organic residue into compost distributed nationally for agricultural use.

An organics collection service operating across Quito that picks up food and plant residue from households and businesses citywide and processes it at its own composting site near Guayllabamba into organic fertilizer and liquid plant nutrients.

The public metropolitan slaughterhouse operator of Quito that processes bovine and porcine slaughter by-products into blood meal at 75 to 85 percent protein content, fetal bovine serum and bovine bile, generated from its own faenamiento facility.