Comércio exterior de produtos agrícolas do estado do Paraná de 1989 a 2001: análise de vantagens comparativas e do padrão de comércio

This paper discusses the evolution of agricultural products comparativeadvantages in the state of Paraná foreign trade from 1989-2001, and verifies thepredominant type of trade for those products. The methodology is based on calculation of indicators of Revealed Comparative Advantage (Balassa, 1965), Covering Tax and Intraindustry Trade (Grubel & Lloyd, 1975). Results regarding comparative advantages of agricultural products that belong to the Section II of NBM-NCM, showed that the chapters Coffee, tea, mate and spices and Oilseeds and oleaginous fruits, grains etc., are“strong points” of Paraná economy. Although the section Vegetal Products has beencharacterized by the predominance of intraindustry trade, Grubel and Lloyd indexesshowed that, for all chapters from that section, interindustry trade prevails.