Produção brasileira de aço e a competitividade do Brasil no período de 2016 a 2018

Abstract

The world's ninth largest steel producer and first in Latin America, Brazil is rich in raw material for steel production, making it competitive in international trade. The objective of this work is to analyze the international competitiveness of the Brazilian steel industry in the period from 2016 to 2018. Through qualitative research, the work seeks to understand the national steel industry and its competitiveness. It will briefly address the birth and industrial development to date, through literary material. It will present the installed capacity and employment, through data collected in sector publications. The production of steel in Brazil and in the world will be shown, and Industry 4.0 as a viable future for the steel industry. Furthermore, the issues of tax complications will be addressed. Exposed to a large bureaucracy, industries are forced to deal with high tax collections. And finally, the challenges faced by the industry. In this sense, throughout this research it was noted that Brazil is a well placed country in the ranking of steel production in the world, being the 9th place. The country has an installed capacity of 51 million tons, but there is still great idleness, which is mainly due to low domestic consumption, and the entry of Chinese steel. It was also found that the so-called 'Brazil cost', such as the high tax rate, for example, leaves the steel industry at a disadvantage in relation to world competitors.