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El avance de China y la evolución del comercio internacional en Brasil

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  • Dos Santos, Enestor
  • Zignago, Soledad

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Aprovechando un nuevo conjunto de datos que incluye el contenido tecnológico de cada producto así como su calidad, examinamos algunos aspectos del flujo del intercambio comercial entre Brasil y China y cuestionamos la postura de que el crecimiento de China implicaría una desindustrialización de las exportaciones brasileñas. Observamos que Brasil exporta cada vez más productos con menor contenido tecnológico a China e importa cada vez más bienes con mayor contenido tecnológico. La dimensión de la calidad del conjunto de datos revela que cada país exporta al otro productos cuya calidad es básicamente baja. Mostramos que, entre 1994 y 2007, la cantidad de productos en los que los dos países tienen ventajas comparativas se redujo y que ambos países aumentaron sus ventajas comparativas en aquellos productos en los que ya llevaban ventaja en 1994 y perdieron terreno en aquellos sectores en los que gozaban de pocas ventajas en ese entonces. La exportación de productos primarios de Brasil se incrementó significativamente como resultado del crecimiento experimentado por los países asiáticos. No obstante, la exportación de productos brasileños de alto contenido tecnológico y alta calidad aumentó por encima del promedio y en mayor medida que la exportación de productos de baja tecnología y baja calidad. En líneas generales, el crecimiento de China ha dado lugar a un desplazamiento de las exportaciones brasileñas no sólo hacia los productos basados en los recursos naturales sino también hacia productos de más calidad y mayor contenido tecnológico.

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  • Dos Santos, Enestor & Zignago, Soledad, 2012. "El avance de China y la evolución del comercio internacional en Brasil," Revista Integración y Comercio (Integration and Trade Journal), Inter-American Development Bank, INTAL, vol. 35(16), pages 87-107.
  • Handle: RePEc:idb:intala:jou:iyc:v:35:y:2012:i:16:p:87-107
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    Keywords

    COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL; EXPORTACIONES; COMMODITIES; MERCADO DE PRODUCTOS MANUFACTURADOS; INNOVACIONES TECNOLOGICAS; DESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL; SECTOR INDUSTRIAL; CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
    • L5 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy
    • L6 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation

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