From Commodities to Bioeconomy: Shaping Brazil’s Economic Future Over the Last Forty Years

Abstract

This study examines Brazil’s shift from manufactured exports to commodities and evaluates bioeconomy as a strategy to counter reprimarization. Trade liberalization and the early 21^st century commodity boom deepened Brazil’s dependence on primary products, increasing economic vulnerability. Using a literature review and descriptive analysis, the study concludes that bioeconomy-based industrialization can enhance value-added production, strengthen global value chain integration, and mitigate Dutch disease effects. This study contributes by linking structural economic transformation with sustainable reindustrialization, positioning bioeconomy as a viable path for Brazil’s economic resilience.