Desempenho da pauta de exportações do Agronegócio de Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

The Mato Grosso do Sul state was accounted for 1.52% ($ 3.9 billion) of Brazilian exports in 2011 consisting of agricultural and mineral commodities, and animal products. This study aims to characterize the profile of agribusiness exporter of state, identify which segments have revealed comparative advantage - competitiveness – Who is the most representative partners, as well as the type of trade that takes place. The methodology allowed to evaluate, from ex post data, the performance of competitive agribusiness segments, as well as the strengths, neutral and weaknesses in the trade relations of the state. The Gini-Hirschman indices, revealed comparative advantage (RCA), contribution to trade balance (CTB), coverage rate (CR) and intra-industry trade (IIT) were used. The results showed that exports have a strong dependence on agribusiness, segments meats, soybeans, sugarcane and cellulose complex predominantly, with deconcentration on chapters and towards export destinations, mainly China. The exports show growth over the last fifteen years, however, the predominance of agribusiness segments see being reduced in recent years. The base of the international agribusiness trade in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul are commodities and products with plentiful local resources use. This enables the specialization of the economy in the production of certain goods, favoring the state, gain productive efficiency in large scale, determinant to the international market competitiveness.