The objective of this article is to evaluate the commercial acting of
the industrial products of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Mercosul among
1990 to 1996, starting from the estimate of the intra-industrial trade in the
bilateral relationships between this state and the partners of this common
market. They were analysed 100 sections that consist in the Brazilian
Nomenclature of Merchandise. As methodological referential for
determination of the index of intra-industrial trade was used the Index
GRUBEL, LLOYD (1975) and to classify the sections with competitive
potential and those that present larger sensibility to the partners' of
IVIercosul external competition, was used the procedures adopted by
CORRÊA, LOES (1994). The results showed that the predominant pattern
of trade In most of the sections is the inter-sectorial, with a big advantage
for the commercial partners. When the index is hurried in a joined way,
present an intra-industrial pattern. This elapses due to high concentration
of the trade in few industrial sections.The objective of this article is to evaluate the commercial acting of
the industrial products of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Mercosul among
1990 to 1996, starting from the estimate of the intra-industrial trade in the
bilateral relationships between this state and the partners of this common
market. They were analysed 100 sections that consist in the Brazilian
Nomenclature of Merchandise. As methodological referential for
determination of the index of intra-industrial trade was used the Index
GRUBEL, LLOYD (1975) and to classify the sections with competitive
potential and those that present larger sensibility to the partners' of
IVIercosul external competition, was used the procedures adopted by
CORRÊA, LOES (1994). The results showed that the predominant pattern
of trade In most of the sections is the inter-sectorial, with a big advantage
for the commercial partners. When the index is hurried in a joined way,
present an intra-industrial pattern. This elapses due to high concentration
of the trade in few industrial sections
