Exportação de algodão via porto de Salvador: estudo de viabilidade econômica e comparativo do cenário atual

Abstract

In the most recent years the west of Bahia has been consolidated as a major Brazilian cotton producer, expecting in 2017 and 2018 a harvesting of 481,000 tons within an area of 263,692 planted hectares. From this production 53% are destined to the suppling of the domestic market and 47% is destined to exportations. With the record of crops year after year, the logistics flow is one of the main obstacles for the producers. This work objective is to study the exportation viability of cotton produced in the west of the state by the port of Salvador, comparing it with the current scenario of the same good export concentration by the port of Santos, analyzing the impacts to the economy of the state of Bahia, as well as the alternatives that are able to contribute to the competitiveness of the studied route, such as the reductions of the distance, freight and loading time in the terminals to the final destination. The operation by the port of Salvador, is R$49,51/ton more economical to the exporter. If the 47% of the Baiana production were destined for export via the port of Salvador, it has the potential to generate a total savings of R$33billions to cotton exporters.