01879naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000230006024501000008326000090018352011380019265000160133065000260134665000090137265000100138165000100139165000100140165000230141165000120143465000130144665000120145965000260147170000250149777300910152219626542013-07-24       2013    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aSOUZA, A. R. L. de  aRice production in Mercosur seen through a Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM).h[electronic resource]  c2013  aThe objective of this study is to evaluate the profitability and the effects of direct and indirect taxes on rice production in Brazil compared to other member ountries of Mercosur. This article uses the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) to evaluate the economic efficiency of the production systems of the four Mercosur countries: Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, measuring prices and private and social costs. The results have shown that in 2010, rice production in Argentina and Uruguay had positive social and private profitability, while in Brazil and Paraguay there were negative private results. Secondly, a simulation of an alternative scenario for Brazil was performed, considering a reduction in the direct and indirect tax burden to a similar percentage between the countries compared. Under the simulation of this new scenario, the production of rice in Brazil did not remain in deficit, but it had very low profitability. Other variables that were not the focus of this study, such as productivity development, technologies and exchange rates, also significantly affect the profitability of rice production in Brazil.  aAgriculture  aProduction technology  aRice  aTaxes  aTrade  aArroz  aComércio exterior  aImposto  aMercosul  aProduto  aSistema de produção1 aRÉVILLION, J. P. P.  tRevista de Política Agrícola, Brasília, DF, ano 22gn. 1, p. 55-71, jan./mar. 2013.