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Author(s)

Dewar Taylor Carnero Chávez

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC)
• Defense date: 2002-09-04

Examining board members

Marco Antonio Brinati; Rui Carlos Botter; Mario Katsuragawa

• Advisor: Marco Antonio Brinati

Abstract

This dissertation presents an analysis of the chain of the international physical distribution of fishing products of the two main representatives of American Latin fishery-Chile and Peru. With the purpose of showing the general chart in which the studied problem fits, basic notions about fishing resources, their exploration and industrialization are initially presented, as well as social and economic aspects of the fishing activities and the legal ordination of fisheries are discussed. General aspects and the legal base of international trade are discussed and the main characteristics of international market of fishing products, with emphasis to Chile and Peru cases, are presented. The components of the international physical distribution chain are then described and their costs are analyzed, preparing the required background for a case study in which the international physical distribution chains of the fishery products of Chile and Peru are compared. This case study is developed from the information obtained by mean of interviews with the responsible people for the distribution sector of the main fishing companies in Chile and Peru. Of the analysis of the collected material, the main factors which take part in the process are identified and the differences between the current conditions of each country are established. In order to complement the research, it is presented a procedure based on a cost and time matrix to estimate the overall cost of theinternational physical distribution chain and the respective total traffic time. This procedure allows the estimation of the sale prices for different terms of international trade and, by means of comparing them with the market reference prices, provides the exporters with decision elements to choose which term of international trade is the most advantages. Examples of application of this procedure to fishing product export of the Chile and Peru are shown. (AU)