Competitiveness of Brazilian wood pulp in the international market



Document title: Competitiveness of Brazilian wood pulp in the international market
Journal: CERNE
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000327420
ISSN: 0104-7760
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Vicosa, Minas Gerais. Brasil
Year:
Volumen: 15
Number: 4
Pages: 383-390
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract The wood pulp and paper sector is one of the most important and successful branches of the Brazilian forestry industry. The main objective of this work is to analyze the competitiveness of Brazil in the international market of wood pulp, comparing it to the competitiveness of its main market competitors worldwide in the period between 2000 and 2006. The methodology used was the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and the Relative Position in the Market (RPM) indices. Results indicated that Brazil ranked among the three most competitive countries in the global market of wood pulp
Portuguese abstract O segmento de celulose e papel é um dos mais importantes do setor florestal e um dos mais bem sucedidos da economia brasileira. Conduziu-se este trabalho, com o principal objetivo de analisar a competitividade do Brasil no mercado internacional de celulose, confrontando com a de seus principais concorrentes, no período de 2000 a 2006. Utilizou-se com ferramenta metodológica o índice Vantagem Comparativa Revelada (VCR) e Posição Relativa no Mercado (PMR). Os resultados obtidos indicaram que o Brasil se manteve entre os três países mais competitivos do mercado internacional de celulose
Disciplines: Agrociencias,
Economía
Keyword: Economía agrícola,
Pulpa de madera,
Pulpa,
Comercialización,
Competitividad internacional,
Industria forestal,
Brasil
Keyword: Agricultural sciences,
Economics,
Agricultural economics,
Wood pulp,
Pulp,
Commercialization,
International competitivity,
Forest industry,
Brazil
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