Efeitos do Mercosul no Brasil: uma visão setorial e locacional do cómercio

Resumo

The aim of this article is to show a sectorial and locational view
about brazilian trade with other countries of Mercosul, starting from
imports and exports list of foods. The main conclusions can be divided
in four parts:
1) There a predominant presence of some kinds of goods ou groups
of them in the trade list and, there is consequently a strong presence of
some productive sectors in this trade.
2) The sectorial structures define the intra block trade pattern.
3) The trade sectorial structure reflects in the productive structure
of countries' regions.
4) The countries' regions take part in the intra block trade of
different ways.