A dinâmica dos mercados internacionais das óleo-proteaginosas: políticas dos estados e estratégias dos atores

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Abstract
Since the beginning of the 70s, the situation on the international markets of oilseeds
and products has considerably changed: the instability of prices is permanent, new
competitors are emerging and the substitution of products is more fréquent.
This paper examine the foilowing points:
Will the soybean keep his dominant position on the markets of oils and meals?
Which countries will take a significant partof production, transiormation, cunsumption
and trade during the years to come?
What will be the structure emerging from the competition between the mains exporter's
and/or importer's?
What could be the impact of the intense restructuration of the bigger industrial and
trading groups which are operating in the oilseeds and products "complexes" (soybean
complex, paim oil complex, rapeseed o r sunflower complex, etc.)?
Keywords: international market of agricultural products, oilseeds and products, soybean,
palm oil, United State of America, Brazil, Argentina, Malaysia, índia, USSR, EEC.