Desempenho das exportações de melão no Nordeste brasileiro no período de 1997 a 2013

Abstract

In recent years, fruit growing and export in the Northeast faces challenges to grow. With greater investments in technology, Brazil stands out as one of the largest producers and exporters of the fruit. In addition, the high quality and the attractive price of the fruits have guaranteed to Brazil space in the world commercialization. In view of this scenario, the main objective of this research is to analyze the performance of melon exports in the Northeast and the main world competitors, through variables influencing exports, which are: product price in international currency, area harvested, and expansion of harvested for export. The data used in the study were extracted from the AliceWeb System of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC), the Municipal Agricultural Program of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and Ipe-aData. In order to measure the influencing variables, the Shift Share methodology was used with the use of time series that covers the period c between 1997 and 2013. The results found in the study suggest that the Northeast region is advancing in the international melon market, revealing high competitiveness of the Northeastern producers in relation to the main competitors in Spain, Guatemala and the United States.