Abstract
This article aims to analyze Ceará state’s international cashew nut commercialization between 1997 and 2016 and determine whether there is a competitive advantage in the exchange ratio. It also seeks to understand the main factors affecting cashew nut imports and exports. The explanatory qualitative and quantitative research method is used method, with the revealed comparative advantage and revealed competitiveness (CRV) indices. Indices were built based on secondary data from the the System of Analysis of Foreign Trade Information (ALICEWEB), and the Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretariat (SECEX), and Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC). The results show that Brazil, as well as Ceará - the largest national producer of cashew nuts-, continues to lose space in the global cashew nut market due to both external and internal factors. Furthermore, although almost all the production of cashew nuts is exported, there is great potential to commercialize the product in the domestic market.
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