Análise das Vantagens Comparativas no Mercado Internacional de Etanol Brasileiro e Americano no período de 2000 a 2014

Antonio Queiroz (), Eugênio Rodrigues de Paula (), Edson Roberto Vieira (), Cleidinaldo de Jesus Barbosa (), Flávia Rezende Campos Campos (), Sérgio Fornazier Meyrelles Filho () and Sabrina Faria de Queiroz ()
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Eugênio Rodrigues de Paula: FACE-UFG
Edson Roberto Vieira: FACE-UFG
Cleidinaldo de Jesus Barbosa: FACE-UFG
Flávia Rezende Campos Campos: FACE-UFG
Sérgio Fornazier Meyrelles Filho: FACE-UFG
Sabrina Faria de Queiroz: IE/UFU

No 81, Working papers - Textos para Discussao do Curso de Ciencias Economicas da UFG from Curso de Ciencias Economicas da Universidade Federal de Goias - FACE

Abstract: This article aims to analyze the comparative advantage of Brazilian's ethanol exports in relation with North American's ethanol exportation, from 2000 to 2014. Ethanol is an important product on the list of Brazilian's exports, since it is considered very competitive, and is an alternative source of renewable energy that has a large world market. In order to achieve the goal of this study it was used the contents of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and Symmetric Comparative Advantage (SCA). The results showed that Brazil has advantages in exports of ethanol when compared with exports of the North American's ethanol throughout the period mentioned of the research. However, the exception is the reduction of these indexes from 2009 caused by the decrease of the investments in the sugar and alcohol sector due to the global economic crisis that happened in 2008. It was observed that, concerning the United States, the largest producer and consumer of world's ethanol, they cannot raise corn production, which is the raw material for ethanol production in the US without reducing other cultures, unless one wins in productivity. However, Brazil still has large areas that can be used for cultivation.

Keywords: Ethanol Market; Comparative Advantages; USA; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F2 F5 Q13 Q16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2019-12
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