O impacto dos custos logísticos na exportação da soja

Abstract

Agriculture is one of the oldest activities in the world and was instrumental to change the human history, succeeding the stone age and giving rise to the type of society that we know nowadays. However, even the most enthusiastic men could imagine that this activity would gain the proportions that we have today. It is because of this importance that will discuss the issue of production and exportation of soybean in Brazil. From Asia, the soybean was brought to Brazil in 1960 as a summer crop option to replace the wheat grown in the south during the winter. More than a half decade has passed and the expectation is that the Brazil will become, even in 2014, the biggest soybean producer in the world. However, the infrastructure necessary to ensure the production did not follow the growth of the culture in the country and problems also worsened. The brazilian transportation matrix, long lines to acess the ports and losses during transport are factors that reduce the competitiveness of brazilian soybean in the international market. Therefore, this paper is justified by the need to deepen knowledge about the impact of logistics costs in the export of Brazilian soybean crop. The specific research objectives are pointing the main producing states, demonstrate the main modals used to transport the crop and identify the impact of logistic costs in export of soybean crop in the Mato Grosso state. This is a qualitative research based on a exploratory and bibliographic methodology, and specialized revised literature.