TRANSPORT LOGISTICS AND IMPORTS IN THE NORTH OF MINAS GERAIS

Authors

  • Luiz Andrei Gonçalves Pereira Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros - UNIMONTES
  • William Rodrigues Ferreira Instituto de Geografia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - IG/UFU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/geouerj.2016.19687

Keywords:

transport logistics. Imports. Goods.

Abstract

doi: 10.12957/geouerj.2016.19687

The expansion of trade in the international economic environment has increased the demand for specializedtransportation logistics services to plan, manage and control the flow of goods in different markets spread in geographicspace. The aim was to analyze the spatial interactions between the north of Minas Gerais and international markets,through the territorial configuration of importing sectors, modes of transport and customs areas that moved the flow ofgoods in the period 2001-2012. The adopted methodological procedures were the literature review, the collection andanalysis of data from secondary sources, to explain of the import flows. The transport logistics used in the movement ofgoods imported was organized in a service network consisting of international transport, customs areas and nationaltransport.

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Author Biographies

Luiz Andrei Gonçalves Pereira, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros - UNIMONTES

Doutor em Geografia - UFU;

Professor do Departamento de Geociências, área Geografia Econômica.

William Rodrigues Ferreira, Instituto de Geografia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - IG/UFU

Doutor em Geografia - USP

Professor do Instituto de Geografia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - IG/UFU

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Published

2016-08-02

How to Cite

Pereira, L. A. G., & Ferreira, W. R. (2016). TRANSPORT LOGISTICS AND IMPORTS IN THE NORTH OF MINAS GERAIS. Geo UERJ, (29), 374–401. https://doi.org/10.12957/geouerj.2016.19687

Issue

No. 29 (2016): Jul/Dez

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