Desempenho comercial do mercosul: estrutura, vantagens comparativas reveladas e comércio inter e intra-setorial

Abstract

This search investigated the trade performance of South Common Market (MERCOSUL) with emphasis as consequence of the modification over the word economy, such as the market integration, technological advances and competition gains inducing the international trade to have deep structural transformations. The search started by performing segmentation of word economy in regional blocks changing the multilateral negotiations among countries, trying combining forces to get up the level of competitiveness and assure their insertion in the international market. The main objective of this search is to make analysis of trading performance of MERCOSUL throughout the structure, comparative reveled advantages both inter sectors and among sectors. The data came from different sources as Analysis Systems External Trade Information (Aliceweb and Alice Web Mercosul) from External Trade Secretary, institution belonging to Development Ministry of Brazil. It was taken by portal FAO/STAT. The data also comes from BIRD, IMF, Word Development Indicators, Advanced Science and Technology Institute, Agricultural Ministry of Brazil from where we studied the agricultural commodities grouped by sectors assuming the common definition of MERCOSUL. The analytical model used in this search was the estimation of Reveled Comparative Advantages both inter and among sectors in order to identify the advantages existing in each studied country members in the trade of these sectors inside the block. The search covers the period from 2007 to 2012. By making in this way it was reached results which are in accordance with the objective of the search. It was permitted to conclude that Brazil and Argentina had six sectors in which Brazil had revealed comparative advantage into the MERCOSUL and trade among sectors with productive specialization in six sectors. Argentina has advantage in five sectors by practicing trade among sectors. Argentina also has productive specialization in four sectors. Anchored in the results we can conclude that Brazil continues being the major economy of the block as waited, having the greatest part of this market specialized over the trade of agricultural commodities. Otherwise the block continues needing to solve many problems such as the trading barriers as well to enforce the regional regulators institutions in order to become international and can monitory trade actions of some countries to benefit other Countries which belong to the MERCOSUL.