The influence of Chinese growth in the composition of Brazilian trade balance

• Grant number: 12/00178-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2012
• End date: March 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - International Economy
• Principal Investigator: José César Cruz Júnior
• Grantee: Vinicius Stringhini Onofre
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias para a Sustentabilidade (CCTS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Sorocaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main objective of this project is to analyze the changes in the structure and composition of the flow of imports and exports of Brazilian trade balance during the years 2000 to 2010, to measure the impacts directly - in the approximation of relations between Brazil and China - and indirectly (process of "reverse the deterioration of terms of trade" between commodities and manufactures), taking into account the classification according technological intensity and types of technology. Using as a base the translators provided by the IBGE, will be done the aggregation of 9.892 products classified by the NCM in 99 sectors presented in versions 1.0 and 2.0 of CNAE.