Level of competitiveness of products exported by Minas Gerais/Nivel de competitividade dos produtos exportados por Minas Gerais

This work seeks to understand the level of competitiveness of products exported by Minas Gerais, identifying the sectors in the state as well as those that need public policies to promote exports. A descriptive and exploratory approach is used, which provides an overview of some of the main ideas that concern international trade, showing its importance for the economic development of a state. Documentary research was also done to explore data and information provided by the platform DataViva. Exported goods were grouped by the combination of the variables in the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index. This work aims to reinforce the importance of international trade and Ricardian theory for the economic development of Minas Gerais. The results show that the products exported, when compared to the products considered "competitive" and "with competitive potential" in Brazil's exports, do not present, by and large, the same levels of competitiveness; therefore, many of these products should have their export stimulated. In addition, products with competitive potential exported by Minas Gerais are important targets for policies to promote exports. ARTICLE DETAILS Article history; Received June 1, 2016 Accepted June 26, 2017 Available online in August 31, 2017 Double Blind Review System Scientific Editor Ilan Avrichir Keywords: DataViva Exports Competitiveness Competitive potential Minas Gerais O presente trabalho busca compreender o nivel de competitividade dos produtos exportados por Minas Gerais, identificando os setores ja consolidados no comercio internacional do estado e aqueles que necessitam de politicas publicas de fomento as exportacoes. Para tal, utiliza-se do metodo exploratoriodescritivo de pesquisa, que proporciona uma visao geral de algumas das principais ideias que dizem respeito ao comercio internacional, mostrando sua importancia para o desenvolvimento economico de uma localidade, e da pesquisa documental, que explora os dados e informacoes disponibilizadas pela plataforma DataViva. Os produtos exportados foram agrupados pela combinacao das variaveis Indice de Vantagem Comparativa Revelada (RCA) e peso no conjunto das exportacoes. O trabalho busca reforcar a importancia do comercio internacional e da teoria ricardiana ao desenvolvimento economico de uma localidade. Os resultados mostraram que os produtos da pauta mineira, quando comparados com os produtos Competitivos e Com Potencial Competitivo da pauta do Brasil, nao apresentam, em sua m