The influence of capital origin on Brazilian foreign trade patterns

This article aims to determine whether the geographical pattern
of the external trade of foreign-owned enterprises in Brazil differs
from that of domestic enterprises and whether, in the case of foreign
enterprises, the region of origin of their capital is an important factor
in determining that pattern, both in terms of the origin and
destination of their imports and exports and with regard to the
technological content of the pattern. The methodology employed
was panel analysis, applied to a representative set of enterprises,
using trade data broken down by region for 1989, 1997 and 2000.