This study evaluates the consumption characteristics of sugar and products containing sugar based on data from the Brazilian Family Budget Surveys carried out in 2002/03 and 2008/09. The methodological approach consists in estimating the income elasticities, as proposed by Hoffmann (1983, 2010),...

This paper presents an analysis of requirements in international agri-food trade by applying new data collected in the EU project “NTM impact”. For the analysis, an index of regulatory heterogeneity in trade is developed so as to combine binary, ordered and quantitative information contents...

The objective of this investigation was to evaluate to what degree technical requirements restrict Brazilian exports, based on a survey applied to 77 firms. The variables represented six types of technical measures that are usually imposed upon exported products. To facilitate the interpretation...

Com o aparecimento da febre aftosa no estado do Mato Grosso do Sul e, posteriormente, no Paraná, em 2005, 52 países estabeleceram embargos à importação de carne bovina brasileira. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o impacto dessas medidas, considerando o setor Abate de Animais e seus...