The reprimarization of Brazilian exports in a long term historical perspective.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21530/ci.v15n3.2020.1029Abstract
Brazilian exports have been going through a process called “reprimarization”, in which exports of primary products outnumbered exports of manufactured goods. The main analyzes point to short-term causes, whether they are endogenous, such as exchange rate policies, or external to Brazil, such as the Chinese effect on the commodity “boom”. Seeking to contribute to the debate on this phenomenon, in this article, we sought to identify the behavior of Brazilian exports in the long term, retrieving statistical data from international trade from 1808 to 2019, taking as a backdrop the historical peripheral insertion of Brazil in the International Labor Division since the colonial period, conditioning the Brazilian political economy to specialize in primary products with lower added value. As a result, it was found that specialization in primary products in exports from Brazil has been the
rule since 1808, with the exception being the period from 1979 to 2009, when the country exported more manufactured products, returning to the primary-exporting pattern and remaining so until today.
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