Infraestrutura e investimentos na circulação de commodities no Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

Production dynamics in Mato Grosso do Sul, a region specialized in commodities, rely on circulation, transportation, and logistics as major factors for reducing costs and increasing competitiveness. Infrastructure investments have been toward a specific demand in the sector, which accounts for a significant share of the state's GDP. The present study focuses on the hypothesis that public resources are effectively involved in expanding transportation facilities for export-oriented production. The objective is to comprehend how engineering systems (Santos, 1996) have been constructed to enhance the competitiveness of produced commodities, and to investigate the main export routes of them. The study aims to discuss the main public policies implemented to increase the competitiveness of commodity production, focusing on highway concession policies, investments in the Bioceanic Route, identify the main sources of financing for infrastructure investments and how/where the resources were invested from 2020 to 2024. To make the proposal feasible, the required data was extracted from secondary data, news surveys, and literature reviews. Maps, tables, and charts were elaborated to illustrate the results. We noted that the state of Mato Grosso do Sul presents intense high road freight flow to the Southeast and the Ports of Paranaguá and São Francisco do Sul, due to the historical conditions prevailing during its incorporation into the industrial capitalism of the Southeast, in demand for raw materials. Waterway transport is concentrated in the southern stretch of Paraguay River. The railway system is leased to the private sector, a company named Rumo Logística, and faces operational challenges. The Corumbá-Campo Grande stretch is deficient, requiring investment and new regulatory framework. The highway concession in Mato Grosso do Sul began in 2013 with BR-163 for the CCR Group, currently managed by Motiva. Thus, the circulation of the commodities studied here in conjunction with state policies of Mato Grosso do Sul State Government has presented initiatives to increase agribusiness production activities, the agro industrialization, and major attention to infrastructure in the Paraná River Basin, with the expansion of the pulp complex.