During the decade of the 1990's several significant changes took place in the milk agroindustry sector in Brazil: the sector was deregulated after 46 years of state control; new milk products were created; the market share of multinational enterprises increased; the Mercosul was created; and the economy was opened through tariff reduction and deregulations. Only a few countries participate in the world milk trade. Major importers and exporters are members of OECD. The trade share of countries like Brazil and India in rather small. The general objective of this study is to analyze the micro and macro factors that influenced the imports of milk by Brazil during the period from 1991 to 2003. The milk imports market is analyzed through "back to back" graphic system such that Brazil imports demand faces the world export supply.
time series; back to back diagram; foreign exchange; import; milk
