An analysis of Brazilian deindustrialization from the 2000s onwards

Abstract

The objective of this research is to understand the development of Brazilian industry and to find out whether, in the last two decades, Brazil has shown signs of the deindustrialization process, and, finally, to compare the results obtained with other selected countries. The results of the paper conclude that there is evidence of deindustrialization and reprimarization of the Brazilian economy in the period between 2000 and 2018. The analysis is divided into 3 sections: the first deals with the discussion of the concept and metrics of deindustrialization, taking into account the different ways of verifying the process and the analysis of several authors about Brazil and other Latin American countries; in the second part, studies are presented on the profile of the Brazilian industry in comparison with other Latin countries. In this section, indicators for deindustrialization in the country from the 2000s onwards and other economic information on countries with late industrialization are also verified. The third section focuses on Brazilian reprimarization based on exports to the main commercial partners and verifying goods from the manufacturing industry profile exported.