Opção internacional: um estudo exploratório da cadeia produtiva de leite no Brasil

Abstract

Among the possibilities that Brazil has to incrcase its insertion in the intemational market, dairy products are importam altematives due the growing surplus in that field and the low price received by the local producers over lhe Iast years. The volume of milk production in the country is above 21 billion liters. In that context. the purpose ofthis research was to study the potentiality of the brazilian dairy chain in relation to intemational insertion. The resuits demonstrated that there are good perspectives in the intemational trade for the developing countries with capacity to increase their production of dairy products. Limitations wcrc found considering that difficuities exist in terms of institutional, competitive. organizational and technological environments, rclated to the dairy chain, and few companies of Minas Gerais State have abilities and knowledge necessary to operate in externai markets. Despite thosc adversities it is important to statc that the dairy products in Brazil is one ofthe cheapest in the world, thus marking the braziliandairy chain very competitive in the intemational trade.