ANALISYS OF LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GRAIN TRANSPORTATION IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO

Abstract

The state of Sao Paulo has a significant transport logistics infrastructure, in the Brazilian economic scenario, especially for agribusiness. In this context, this job had the objective of diagnose bottlenecks in the state’s grain transportation infrastructure, from national data, in order to identify them in their participation of volumes moved. The methodology included a literature review and research on government bases. selecting relevant indicators. The data, collected nationally and filtered for state-specific information, were analyzed and discussed to evaluate the infrastructure and challenges for agribusiness. The results demonstrated that, although there is an advanced transportation infrastructure in the state of Sao Paulo, it faces challenges such as high costs in road transport, difficulties in integration of different modes of transport and lack of investment in railways and waterways. It was concluded that the state of São Paulo has developed transport infrastructure, but faces high costs and integration challenges between modals. Investments are needed to improve competitiveness and reduce costs.