A reflection of the international trade of the sectors of chicken meat and soy bean of Brazil and Mercosur
Abstract
This paper had the aim of analyse the competitiveness of the Brazilian Chicken and the main soy products exports, comparing to the others members of the Mercosur and among selected countries. To do this, it was used three indicatives. The first one shows the Brazilian position in the world marked of these products comparing to the others researched countries; the second one shows how the Brazilian commercial negotiation happened in relation to these products with the same researched products; and the last one is an indicator of comparative advantage. The result of the analysis showed that the Brazilian production of chicken is very competitive and it is only behind the USA. Brazil has, also, an excellent international representation related to the soy bean products and it expects to increase much more the production. It can be concluded that Mercosur may be a promising destination to the Brazilian chicken and soy bean exports. To it, it is necessary to solve some problems like the barriers with no tariffs imposed mainly by Argentina.
Key words: Competitiveness, economic integration, comparative advantage, Mercosur
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