TRANSPORT LOGISTICS AND GEOGRAPHY OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE INDUSTRY EXPORTS IN MINAS GERAIS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/BGJ-v12n2-a2021-66097

Abstract

Globalization  has  brought  about  structural  changes  in  international  trade from the 1980s onwards, as it reconfigured economic relations between countries and boosted the opening of their markets to foreign capital. The objective of this work was to analyze the logistical networks of transport and the bonded warehouses that moved the  export  flows  of  the  slaughterhouse  industry,  in  Minas  Gerais,  between  the  years 1997 to 2018. Of the bonded warehouses that make up the export network, the port of Santos, located in the state of São Paulo, was the main place to receive the goods. Meat: pork,  poultry  and  beef,  were  the  most  exported.  Beef  represented  47  percent  of  total exports.   Exports   of   meat   produced   in   Minas   Gerais   are   mainly   concentrated   in European, Asian and Middle Eastern markets. In the analyzed period, Russia was the biggest  buyer,  followed  by  the  markets  of:  Hong  Kong,  China,  Saudi  Arabia,  Iran, among others.

Keywords: Exports. Logistics. slaughterhouse industry.

Published

2021-12-28

How to Cite

TRANSPORT LOGISTICS AND GEOGRAPHY OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE INDUSTRY EXPORTS IN MINAS GERAIS. Brazilian Geographical Journal, Ituiutaba, v. 12, n. 2, p. 139–158, 2021. DOI: 10.14393/BGJ-v12n2-a2021-66097. Disponível em: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/braziliangeojournal/article/view/66097. Acesso em: 17 dec. 2025.