The measurement of the Gross Domestic Product of the agribusiness of Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

This article seeks to measure the GDP of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and characterize the agribusiness in the state's economy and their aggregates in the regional economy, for the year 2012. This calculation considered should be the contribution of each link in the economy within the productive chain of the state of agribusiness and its purchasing and sales relationships with other sectors. The input-output model constitutes an important tool to scale, with a higher degree of detail, the production chains and the aggregate of the constituent activities of agribusiness. The methodology and the data used based on various secondary sources where a regional input-output matrix where the value added to the consumer prices compiled and estimated, in addition to the aggregate structure as inputs, agriculture, agribusiness and distribution. It was found agribusiness participates with about 37% of the GDP of the state's economy in 2012, where the sectors with the highest relative share would be the distribution and agricultural households.