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1.7 Infrastructure for commodities of the Planning and Logistics Company -
EPL. From the logistical point of view in the Figure 12 - Agriculture in Brazil. Reference: 2019
Figure 7 showed that the country has a country, this was the fastest growing corri-
participation of around 4.1% in the global dor in this period, mainly in the transport GROSS VALUE ADDED OF AGRICULTURE (2019)
market share of exports related to agricul- of cargo such as soybeans and corn. This
ture, with soybean exports as its flagship. was directly reflected in the conjuncture of Data source: IBGE (2019)
Coordinate System: Planes
Unlike industrial activities, agricultural ac- movement of Brazilian commodities, which Projection: UTM/SIRGAS 2000
tivity is concentrated in the interior of the culminated in a new logistical alternative, BRL - Amounts in thousand reais
country, mainly in the Midwest region and as well as a new propelling lever for region-
ramifications to the South-Southeast and, al development.
more recently, to the North and Northeast, Thus, with the expansion of the port
a region also known as MATOPIBA (acro- infrastructure in the region, there was also
nym that brings together the initials of the a need to improve access, with the pav-
states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí and ing of the BR 163 in the states of Mato
Gross value added of agriculture
Bahia) (Figure 12). In this sense, port ex- Grosso and Pará being a milestone for the Gross value added Number of
BRL Amounts in thousand reais municipalities
pansion is being developed mainly in the country, which allowed for an increase in 248.854 a 350.000 per class BRL - Amounts in thousand reais
100
North and Northeast regions of Brazil, be- the flow and handling capacity of these 350.000 a 500.000 42 30
500.000 a 850.000
ing driven by the projects of Arco Norte. cargoes in this region to Miritituba. 850.000 a 1.575.333 17
From 2010 to 2020, it was possible On the other hand, this also generated
to observe an exponential growth in the an impact in relation to the ports in the
transport infrastructure allocated in the Southeast, as it removed the burden on
North region of the country, regarding the this port system. In this context, it should Source: IBGE (2019)
installation of transshipment stations in be noted that an isolated analysis cannot
Miritituba, new port terminals in Pará, in be carried out, but the final result of this
the cities of Santarém and Vila do Conde, development was the generation of a se- Therefore, it can be seen that the port land access that can be mitigated with the
in addition to the development of specific ries of new services and demands for the infrastructure tends to develop according to construction of the railroad that has already
technologies for cargo handling through development of the Arco Norte region, the main characteristics of the loads moved entered the federal government’s structur-
barge to ship and offshore operations. which reflects on the process of generat- by the country, depending on the expected ing project called Pró Trilhos, which guaran-
In addition, infrastructure projects for ing employment and income in the region demand for the movement of these loads, tees private initiatives the option to make
the region have been planned, such as to develop and maintain a new transport which naturally is linked to its degree of investments in railroads, with the guarantee
improving the conditions for ships passing infrastructure. It is worth mentioning that economic complexity, in function of what is of construction and operation of railroads,
through Barra Norte (AM), demolition of there are still new perspectives for struc- able to produce domestically in Brazil. branches, yards and railroad terminals
the Lourenço channel, dredging and mark- turing projects to expand the cargo han- The trend when observing most of the through authorization.
ing the Madeira and Tapajós rivers, with dling capacity in this region of influence port infrastructure projects presented for the The new concession projects planned in
paving the BR 163/PA to Miritituba already of the Arco Norte, with the possible fu- coming years are new terminals that mainly Brazilian port areas, in terms of the nature
completed, according to ATP (2020). All this ture construction of the Ferrogrão railroad involve the movement of commodities, for of the loads, are not very different from
reflects the increase in cargo handling in (SINOP-Itaituba), and expansion of the example, the Alcântara Terminal, in Maran- those that are already handled by these ex-
this region, with an average annual growth North-South railroad section of Açailândia hão, located in a privileged position in terms isting complexes, following the trend of the
of 19.9% from 2010-2020, the data being to Barcarena still without a solid imple- of maritime access, with a natural depth of national economic complexity index. Finally,
presented in the Logistic Diagnosis 2020 mentation prediction. 25 meters, but with restrictions regarding it should be noted that for the commodities

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