The spillover of the Agribusiness GDP in Brazil: an analysis of the sectoral importance via Input-Output Matrices

Abstract

The importance of agribusiness in the economy is a topic that has been widely studied in the Brazilian context. The aim of this study is to contribute to this theme by simultaneously measuring national agribusiness and all Federation Units in 2000 and 2010. The results of the study allow us to verify how aggregate agribusiness and its components are distributed in the national territory and to over time. For this, data from input-output matrices and RAIS were used. Considering only the year 2010, the results obtained show that agribusiness represents 21% of the Value Added of the Brazilian economy, that São Paulo is the Federation Unit with the largest participation in the national agribusiness (26%) and that Mato Grosso is the Unit of Federation with the largest participation of agribusiness in the local economy (56%).