O Papel do comércio exterior de Mato Grosso do Sul na integração regional com o MERCOSUL

Abstract

This paper we analyze the foreign trade of Mato Grosso do Sul and its integration with countries comercial trainers Mercosur and Bolivia. With the creation of Mercosur in 1991 by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, there was created the expectation that Mato Grosso do Sul, for being located in space near the border with Paraguay and Argentina with geographically, possess comparative advantages in trade that favored trade with these countries and the Mercosur as a whole. In this perspective and with the objective to support the issues inherent to international trade in Mato Grosso do Sul, started out as a starting point for analysis, understanding the theoretical frameworks that attempt to explain the rules and intentions in the context of foreign trade, as well as the background and the process of formation of Mercosur. Based on the analysis of the integration process with Mercosur by bias location and distance, were analyzed separately each municipality in Mato Grosso do Sul, with reference to the subdivision boundary set by the Ministry of National Integration. This methodological approach aims to understand whether the fact that municipalities are located near the border with Paraguay and Bolivia, contributed to increased trade integration with these countries and Mercosur. Within the logic of globalized trade, multinationals have a role in this process, which were responsible for much of the volume of trade occurring in this space.