According to Ecuador "Express" reported that the Ecuador Ministry of Industry suggested that imports from China's ceramic products for a period of 200 days of temporary tariff protection measures against Chinese products until the "special protection" investigation.

Reported that Chinese-made pottery and ceramic tableware plate may be in the near future to introduce a surcharge.

Ecuador Ministry of Industry through March of this year against Chinese products launched investigations of the special protection resolution, the Chinese-made tiles, ceramic household utensils, kitchen utensils, ceramic sanitary ware and other products under investigation.

According to reports, the Ecuador Ministry of Industry Commission of Inquiry on the analysis of China's ceramic products on the domestic market Eritrea that the impact of the above products on the domestic production caused by damage to Ecuador. The Commission has informed the WTO investigation.

According to Ecuador's central bank statistics, Ecuador in 2006 the imports of Chinese ceramic products amounted to 6.3 million U.S. dollars in 2002, 130,000 U.S. dollars.