Gargalos logísticos da exportação de grãos brasileiros no comércio internacional.

Abstract

Throughout Brazil’s history, agriculture has always been and continues to be an important pillar for the trade balance and for the country’s international recognition. Brazil is today one of the main grain exporters in the world, becoming an important player in international trade capable of distributing food to many locations around the globe. This present work aims at the general analysis of the impact that logistics and its bottlenecks, called logistical bottlenecks, can bring to the country in the export of grains in international trade in between of 2000 to 2020. As special objectives, the following stand out: identify the volume of grains that was exported during this time, characterize the structures, modals and logistical bottlenecks of this period and point out the roles of the Brazilian State in internal logistical bottlenecks. The contributions of classical liberal theory will be used to understand the functioning of international trade and to provide a better understanding of issues related to the production and export of agricultural products to explain the importance of agriculture for Brazil. The hypothetical-deductive method was used to prove the hypothesis. It was concluded that the logistical bottlenecks restrict the number of structures capable of carrying out the flow of grain production resulting in a loss of competitiveness of Brazilian products in international trade.