{"id":61454,"date":"2018-07-16T12:03:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T16:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/?p=61454"},"modified":"2018-07-23T09:58:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T13:58:17","slug":"considering-cuba-opportunities-and-challenges-for-ag-input-suppliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/pt\/agrochemicals\/considering-cuba-opportunities-and-challenges-for-ag-input-suppliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Considerando Cuba: Oportunidades e desafios para fornecedores de insumos agr\u00edcolas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enquanto Cuba luta para aumentar a produ\u00e7\u00e3o agr\u00edcola para consumo dom\u00e9stico, a falta de fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos, entre outras coisas, est\u00e1 dificultando seu progresso. \u00c9 previsto que o pa\u00eds aumente gradualmente seu uso e importa\u00e7\u00e3o desses insumos, e as oportunidades para fornecedores n\u00e3o sediados nos EUA parecem ser mais fortes.<\/p>\n<p>Embora empresas norte-americanas tenham vendido suprimentos de alguns desses produtos para a ilha, os termos de venda \u00e0 vista exigidos pela lei norte-americana para vendas a Cuba provavelmente continuar\u00e3o a restringir a capacidade das empresas norte-americanas de abastecer esse mercado.<\/p>\n<p>Com mais de 15 milh\u00f5es de acres de terra ar\u00e1vel, um clima tropical\/subtropical, alguns dos melhores solos de qualquer pa\u00eds tropical do mundo e uma longa tradi\u00e7\u00e3o agr\u00edcola hist\u00f3rica, Cuba tem um potencial de produ\u00e7\u00e3o agr\u00edcola muito significativo.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9 por isso que foi t\u00e3o surpreendente quando, em 2007, o governo de Cuba relatou que estava importando mais de 80% de seu suprimento de alimentos. Embora a porcentagem real tenha sido debatida por economistas e analistas tanto dentro de Cuba quanto de fora da ilha, mesmo as estimativas mais baixas ainda est\u00e3o em torno de 60%.<\/p>\n<p>Essa situa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 fun\u00e7\u00e3o de muitos fatores, entre eles as inefici\u00eancias inerentes ao sistema de planejamento e controle central de Cuba desde a Revolu\u00e7\u00e3o de 1959.<\/p>\n<p>No entanto, talvez o fator contribuinte mais importante seja sua forte \u00eanfase na produ\u00e7\u00e3o de a\u00e7\u00facar durante a maior parte dos \u00faltimos dois s\u00e9culos. Ap\u00f3s a Revolu\u00e7\u00e3o Cubana em 1959, a antiga Uni\u00e3o Sovi\u00e9tica ofereceu-se para comprar todo o a\u00e7\u00facar que Cuba pudesse exportar a pre\u00e7os preferenciais que, \u00e0s vezes, eram quase 11 vezes mais altos que o pre\u00e7o mundial do a\u00e7\u00facar. A maioria dos insumos agr\u00edcolas que ela exigia eram importados da Uni\u00e3o Sovi\u00e9tica.<\/p>\n<p>Quando a Uni\u00e3o Sovi\u00e9tica entrou em colapso, Cuba perdeu esse mercado preferencial e, por causa de seus sistemas de produ\u00e7\u00e3o ineficientes, n\u00e3o conseguiu competir vendendo a\u00e7\u00facar a pre\u00e7os de mercado mundial. Ao mesmo tempo, o governo n\u00e3o tinha capital interno para mudar essas terras para a produ\u00e7\u00e3o de alimentos para consumo dom\u00e9stico, ent\u00e3o a necessidade de fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos para a agricultura diminuiu significativamente.<\/p>\n<p>Na d\u00e9cada de 1980, Cuba come\u00e7ou a pesquisar sobre fertilizantes naturais e insumos biol\u00f3gicos produzidos internamente para substituir fertilizantes sint\u00e9ticos e agroqu\u00edmicos. Ap\u00f3s a perda das rela\u00e7\u00f5es comerciais preferenciais sovi\u00e9ticas, essa pesquisa assumiu um papel cada vez mais importante como uma forma de tentar manter a produ\u00e7\u00e3o agr\u00edcola, embora os dados n\u00e3o estejam dispon\u00edveis para identificar o grau em que esses fertilizantes naturais e biocontroles podem ter substitu\u00eddo fertilizantes sint\u00e9ticos e agroqu\u00edmicos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Situa\u00e7\u00e3o atual<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Em 2000, o Congresso dos EUA aprovou e o Presidente Clinton assinou o Trade Sanctions Reform and Economic Enhancement Act (TSRA) que permitiu, pela primeira vez em 40 anos, que empresas dos EUA vendessem alimentos e medicamentos para Cuba. Dados do Departamento de Com\u00e9rcio dos EUA mostram que Cuba comprou $28,4 milh\u00f5es em agroqu\u00edmicos de fornecedores dos EUA desde que o TSRA foi implementado. A tabela abaixo mostra a reparti\u00e7\u00e3o das vendas.<\/p>\n<p>Diferentemente do caso dos fertilizantes, onde as compras de Cuba cessaram ap\u00f3s 2008, mais de 99% de vendas de agroqu\u00edmicos dos EUA para Cuba ocorreram desde 2014. As vendas de agroqu\u00edmicos dos EUA foram inferiores a $180.000 no total de 2000 a 2007, como uma mistura de inseticidas, pesticidas, raticidas e herbicidas. De 2008 a 2013, Cuba n\u00e3o comprou nenhum agroqu\u00edmico de fornecedores dos EUA.<\/p>\n<p>Mas em 2014, Cuba comprou $6,4 milh\u00f5es em herbicidas dos Estados Unidos, e as vendas desses produtos quase dobraram em 2015. Desde 2015, no entanto, as vendas nos EUA t\u00eam mostrado um decl\u00ednio constante e significativo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Importa\u00e7\u00f5es cubanas de agroqu\u00edmicos dos Estados Unidos: valores, 2000 a 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 864px\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 122px\" width=\"110\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74px\" width=\"64\"><strong>Total de 2000 a 2007<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px\" width=\"64\"><strong>Total de 2008 a 2013<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63px\" width=\"80\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" width=\"87\"><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69px\" width=\"80\"><strong>2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61px\" width=\"80\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 122px\" width=\"110\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 520px\" colspan=\"6\" width=\"456\"><strong>EUA $<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 122px\" width=\"110\"><strong>Inseticidas (c\u00f3digo #380810 e 380891)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74px\" width=\"64\"><strong>$37,749<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px\" width=\"64\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63px\" width=\"80\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" width=\"87\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69px\" width=\"80\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61px\" width=\"80\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 122px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 122px\" width=\"110\"><strong>Pesticidas (c\u00f3digo 2930904320, 2930904395 e\u00a0<\/strong><strong>2933992350)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74px\" width=\"64\"><strong>$61,236<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px\" width=\"64\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63px\" width=\"80\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" width=\"87\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69px\" width=\"80\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61px\" width=\"80\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 122px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 122px\" width=\"110\"><strong>Raticidas (c\u00f3digo #380890 e 380899)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74px\" width=\"64\"><strong>$71,358<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px\" width=\"64\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63px\" width=\"80\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" width=\"87\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69px\" width=\"80\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61px\" width=\"80\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 122px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 122px\" width=\"110\"><strong>Herbicidas, produtos antibrotantes e reguladores de crescimento de plantas (c\u00f3digo #380893)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74px\" width=\"64\"><strong>$8,991<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px\" width=\"64\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63px\" width=\"80\"><strong>$6,358,866<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" width=\"87\"><strong>$12,595,190<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69px\" width=\"80\"><strong>$5,472,033<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61px\" width=\"80\"><strong>$3,783,094<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 122px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 63px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 642px\" colspan=\"7\" width=\"566\"><strong>Fonte: Departamento de Com\u00e9rcio dos EUA, banco de dados de com\u00e9rcio dos EUA<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Embora Cuba n\u00e3o informe os pa\u00edses dos quais importa fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos, os dados espelhados s\u00e3o do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtis.com\/gta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlas do Com\u00e9rcio Global<\/a> O banco de dados fornece alguma indica\u00e7\u00e3o dos fornecedores cubanos desses produtos. No caso de fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos, a grande maioria das importa\u00e7\u00f5es cubanas vem de uma ampla gama de pa\u00edses da Am\u00e9rica Latina e do Caribe. Os pa\u00edses da UE s\u00e3o fornecedores regulares, embora relativamente menores, desses produtos para Cuba. Cuba tamb\u00e9m importa periodicamente fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos de pa\u00edses da \u00c1sia, \u00c1frica e Oriente M\u00e9dio.<\/p>\n<p>No caso de fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos, a vasta maioria das importa\u00e7\u00f5es cubanas vem de uma ampla gama de pa\u00edses da Am\u00e9rica Latina e do Caribe. Os pa\u00edses da UE s\u00e3o fornecedores regulares, embora relativamente menores, desses produtos para Cuba. Cuba tamb\u00e9m importa periodicamente fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos de pa\u00edses da \u00c1sia, \u00c1frica e Oriente M\u00e9dio.<\/p>\n<p>As vendas de alimentos e produtos agr\u00edcolas, fertilizantes e insumos agroqu\u00edmicos dos EUA para Cuba enfrentam uma s\u00e9rie de desafios, o mais not\u00e1vel dos quais \u00e9 a exig\u00eancia de venda \u00e0 vista. A deteriora\u00e7\u00e3o nas rela\u00e7\u00f5es diplom\u00e1ticas EUA-Cuba nos \u00faltimos 18 meses pode ser parte da raz\u00e3o para os recentes decl\u00ednios nas vendas de agroqu\u00edmicos para Cuba, embora as vendas de produtos aliment\u00edcios dos EUA para Cuba tenham mostrado aumentos lentos, mas constantes, a cada ano desde 2015.<\/p>\n<p>V\u00e1rias iniciativas legislativas foram propostas para permitir vendas de cr\u00e9dito a Cuba, mas nenhuma delas obteve muita aceita\u00e7\u00e3o na C\u00e2mara dos Representantes ou no Senado dos EUA at\u00e9 o momento.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9 importante estar ciente de que o governo cubano mant\u00e9m controle total sobre os suprimentos de fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos. Como resultado, dadas as inefici\u00eancias e a falta de resposta do sistema de planejamento central de Cuba, os fazendeiros frequentemente reclamam que mesmo os suprimentos limitados de fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos que est\u00e3o dispon\u00edveis n\u00e3o s\u00e3o entregues a tempo e, portanto, n\u00e3o s\u00e3o aplicados quando precisam ser para maximizar a produtividade. Al\u00e9m disso, como o governo controla o fornecimento de todos os produtos qu\u00edmicos agr\u00edcolas, ele pode fornecer acesso preferencial aos suprimentos limitados desses produtos para as poucas fazendas estatais restantes ou outras opera\u00e7\u00f5es agr\u00edcolas, conforme achar adequado.<\/p>\n<p>Al\u00e9m disso, h\u00e1 uma s\u00e9rie de investimentos conjuntos estrangeiros na agricultura em Cuba, e investidores estrangeiros, sem d\u00favida, est\u00e3o fornecendo dinheiro para comprar alguma parte dos insumos que Cuba importa, caso em que tais suprimentos ser\u00e3o destinados \u00e0s fazendas e opera\u00e7\u00f5es da joint venture. Esses investidores estrangeiros provavelmente est\u00e3o comprando de fornecedores de fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos em seus pa\u00edses de origem ou outros pa\u00edses onde podem obter cr\u00e9dito, em vez de comprar de fornecedores dos EUA e ter que pagar em dinheiro.<\/p>\n<p>Claramente, h\u00e1 muitos impedimentos ao funcionamento tranquilo dos mercados de insumos agr\u00edcolas de Cuba. Dito isso, a economia de comando e controle de Cuba tem uma caracter\u00edstica que pode ser ben\u00e9fica para os fornecedores dos EUA \u2013 h\u00e1 uma \u00fanica organiza\u00e7\u00e3o do governo cubano respons\u00e1vel por todas as compras de fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos dos Estados Unidos, a Empresa Cubana Importadora de Productos Qu\u00edmicos (QUIMIMPORT).<\/p>\n<p>Essa \u00e9 uma vantagem distinta para vendedores dos EUA, pois eles t\u00eam um \u00fanico ponto de contato para poss\u00edveis vendas no que, de outra forma, poderia ser uma burocracia extremamente complexa.<\/p>\n<p>De fato, Cuba fez avan\u00e7os significativos no uso de insumos biol\u00f3gicos no que \u00e9 frequentemente chamado de produ\u00e7\u00e3o agr\u00edcola \u201corg\u00e2nica\u201d, embora esse termo \u00e0s vezes seja usado de forma um tanto vaga em Cuba. No entanto, Cuba claramente ganhou o reconhecimento que \u00e0s vezes recebe como o maior experimento do mundo em sistemas de produ\u00e7\u00e3o agr\u00edcola de baixo insumo.<\/p>\n<p>Tudo isso coloca Cuba em uma posi\u00e7\u00e3o \u00fanica e embara\u00e7osa. Uma das metas frequentemente declaradas e de alta prioridade do governo \u00e9 aumentar sua produ\u00e7\u00e3o dom\u00e9stica de alimentos para reduzir a quantidade de dinheiro gasta em importa\u00e7\u00f5es de alimentos (que t\u00eam custado ao governo quase $2 bilh\u00f5es por ano nos \u00faltimos anos).<\/p>\n<p>Apesar do progresso que Cuba fez com controles biol\u00f3gicos e sistemas de produ\u00e7\u00e3o agr\u00edcola de baixo insumo, seus rendimentos para muitas culturas hort\u00edcolas permanecem em talvez 20% a 25% de rendimentos comerciais dos EUA. O uso criterioso de fertilizantes sint\u00e9ticos e insumos agroqu\u00edmicos poderia aumentar r\u00e1pida e significativamente os rendimentos e a produ\u00e7\u00e3o de alimentos de Cuba para consumo dom\u00e9stico, reduzindo assim a quantia que tem que ser gasta para importar alimentos. No entanto, at\u00e9 este ponto, pelo menos, os formuladores de pol\u00edticas cubanos t\u00eam relutado em aumentar suas compras desses produtos.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba representa um mercado geograficamente pr\u00f3ximo ao qual empresas norte-americanas podem fornecer fertilizantes e agroqu\u00edmicos de alta qualidade, com entrega r\u00e1pida e em quantidades econ\u00f4micas relativamente pequenas.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 medida que Cuba tenta aumentar sua produ\u00e7\u00e3o de produtos aliment\u00edcios para consumo dom\u00e9stico, prev\u00ea-se que o pa\u00eds aumentar\u00e1 gradualmente seu uso e importa\u00e7\u00e3o de insumos qu\u00edmicos. No entanto, os termos restritivos de venda \u00e0 vista que s\u00e3o exigidos para compras dos Estados Unidos, juntamente com as recentes tens\u00f5es diplom\u00e1ticas intensificadas entre os Estados Unidos e Cuba, provavelmente representar\u00e3o desafios para as empresas dos EUA capitalizarem essas oportunidades de mercado.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nota do editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.ifas.ufl.edu\/staff\/messina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William A. Messina, Jr.<\/a><\/em> <em>e Frederick S. Royce est\u00e3o na University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF\/IFAS). Messina \u00e9 um economista agr\u00edcola especializado em com\u00e9rcio agr\u00edcola, desenvolvimento e quest\u00f5es de marketing. Royce \u00e9 um engenheiro agr\u00edcola especializado em agricultura cubana e sistemas de agricultura cooperativa. Ambos t\u00eam colaborado ativamente com o corpo docente da University of Havana e outras universidades e institutos de pesquisa em Cuba desde meados da d\u00e9cada de 1990, e a UF\/IFAS tem o programa mais antigo e ativo de pesquisa colaborativa sobre quest\u00f5es agr\u00edcolas, ambientais, de recursos naturais e ci\u00eancias marinhas em Cuba de qualquer institui\u00e7\u00e3o acad\u00eamica dos EUA.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c0 medida que Cuba tenta aumentar sua produ\u00e7\u00e3o de produtos aliment\u00edcios para consumo interno, espera-se que aumente gradualmente o uso e a importa\u00e7\u00e3o de insumos 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