Union's Commercial Policy is very discriminatory and is not favorable to Mercosur exports. This explains, in addition to the … Mercosur exports composition, the weak trade volume between the two regions relative to trade between the EU and its other … partners. Half of Mercosur exports to the European Union come from agricultural products (processed or not), which are strongly …

prices on foreign trade flows are then analyzed by estimating models of demand for imports and supply and demand for exports … exchange rate on Brazilian foreign trade flows is relatively modest. The domestic demand for imports seems to be mainly … determined by income behavior, while demand for Brazilian exports is mainly drived by foreign income behavior – except in …

Tax evasion in Brazilian imports has been an issue of concern for the customs authorities. This problem is addressed … here using the theoretical approach of defining evasion as the difference between the value of exports of other countries … to Brazil and value of imports reported by Brazil. This makes it possible to quantify the effects of high import tariff …