Impacts of Transportation and Logistics on Brazilian Soybean Prices and Exports

IF 1.1 4区工程技术 Q4 MANAGEMENT

Transportation Journal Pub Date : 2019-01-11 DOI:10.5325/TRANSPORTATIONJ.58.1.0065

Olivia Fliehr, Y. Zimmer, Linda H. Smith

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Abstract

Abstract:As Brazilian soybean exports doubled between 2001/02 and 2011/12 and major production areas consolidated in remote inland Cerrado regions, moving product to port has proven to be a challenge. A review of the literature, data analysis, and interviews with experts in the logistics chain revealed that a lack of grain storage, overreliance on trucking, poor road conditions, and inefficient operations at rail terminals and ports impede a smooth flow of grain from farm to port. Because of the comparatively low per-unit values of agricultural bulk commodities, transportation may account for a large share of the total cost of soybean exports. As a result, it was hypothesized that increases in transportation costs may reduce farm-gate prices, affecting producer profitability and, thus, national production. To test that hypothesis, this study examined transportation costs from inland production regions to traffic hubs and the Santos seaport. A comparison of theoretical producer prices calculated based on logistics costs versus actual local prices was employed to confirm that transport inefficiencies have led to depressed farm gate prices.

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运输和物流对巴西大豆价格和出口的影响

摘要：由于巴西大豆出口在2001/02年至2011/12年期间翻了一番，主要生产地区在偏远的内陆塞拉多地区合并，将产品运往港口已被证明是一项挑战。对文献的回顾、数据分析和对物流链专家的采访表明，缺乏粮食储存、过度依赖卡车运输、道路条件差以及铁路码头和港口的低效运营阻碍了粮食从农场到港口的平稳流动。由于农业大宗商品的单位价值相对较低，运输可能占大豆出口总成本的很大一部分。因此，据推测，运输成本的增加可能会降低农场大门价格，影响生产者的盈利能力，从而影响国家生产。为了验证这一假设，本研究考察了从内陆生产区到交通枢纽和桑托斯海港的运输成本。将基于物流成本计算的理论生产者价格与当地实际价格进行比较，以证实运输效率低下导致农场大门价格下降。

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Transportation Journal Multiple-

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2.40

自引率

4.30%

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期刊介绍： Transportation Journal is devoted to the publication of articles that present new knowledge relating to all sectors of the supply chain/logistics/transportation field. These sectors include supply chain/logistics management strategies and techniques; carrier (transport firm) and contract logistics firm (3PL and 4PL) management strategies and techniques; transport economics; regulation, promotion, and other dimensions of public policy toward transport and logistics; and education.