Exportations and competitiveness of poultry meat from Brazil and the state of Paraná, in the period between 1990 and 2005

Abstract

The meat complex is one of the main components of the Brazilian export agenda. Poultry meat plays an important role in Brazilian exportations, being the State of Paraná the leader in this sector. The purpose of this work is to analyze the behavior and competitiveness of exportations in the agro-industrial poultry meat complex in Brazil and in the State of Paraná, in the period between 1990 and 2005, as well as the factors that determine the performance of Brazilian exportations and its interaction with the international trade. The Constant-Market-Share analysis was used, identifying the sources of agribusiness exportations growth complex, as follows: “worldwide market growth”, “export agenda elaboration”, “exportations destination” and “competitiveness”, which are able to express the behavior and pattern of exportations in the analyzed period. The geometrical growth rate method, by means of the Ordinary Least Square Method, was used to analyze the development of the complex in the period. In order to achieve the goals and verify the pattern of Brazilian exportations and the competitiveness of Brazilian poultry meat, data on worldwide exportations and importations of poultry meat in the period of 1990 to 2005 were gathered, so that it would be possible to identify the profile of the biggest consumer markets and the meat complex exporters. The analyzed data enabled us to conclude that the geometric growth rates of poultry meat increased in Brazil and in the State of Paraná, as well. The analysis of the CMS results shows that Brazil and the State of Paraná have high competitiveness and market-share in the analyzed segment. The increasing demand for this type of meat will enable Brazil to be consolidated internationally in this market, besides suggesting sanitary policies that might reduce barriers to the entrance of this product to the main import countries.