EmpiricalAnalysis:TradebetweenMERCOSURandChina / EU TrendsandFigures 2 79 cent ), semimanufactured ( 15percent ) and manufacturedproducts ( 38per cent ) .Thesenumbersarenearlythesameasin2003 ( 50percent , 13percent and36percent , respectively ) .Interestingly , asalsoobservedwithregardto Braziliantrade with China , thereislittlediversificationintermsofexport compositionovertwodecades ( Aliceweb ) .ItshouldbenotedthatBrazilisthe thirdlargestagriculturalexporterintheworld , andtheEU hasbeen , and remains , thetopdestinationforBrazilianagriexports ( ICONE2007:75 ) .At thesametime , theEUcontinuestobeamajorconcernintradenegotiationssince BrazilregardsEuropeanagriculturalprotectionismasimproper. IncomparisontoBrazil , theremainingMERCOSURmembershaveahigher concentrationofexportsintheagriculturalsector.In2007 , agrirelatedproducts represented76percent , 72percentand85percentofArgentinas , Uruguays andParaguaysexportstotheEU , respectively ( Eurostat ) .Takenasabloc , MERCOSURsexportscomprisefoodproducts ( 35percent ), rawmaterials ( 26 percent ) andmachineryandtransportequipment ( 25percent ) .AsregardsEU exportstoMERCOSUR , manufacturedgoodsarethemainrepresentativeitems ( 93percent ), withmachineryandchemicalsasthemainEUproducts. Insum , mostofMERCOSURsexportstotheEUarebasicproducts , with aconcentrationonagrirelateditems.Intheoppositedirection , theEUexports mainlymachinery , transportequipmentandchemicals. 4.3 CriticalAnalysis Overall , Brazilis , byfar , themajorMERCOSURplayerintheMERCOSUREU traderelationship ( around75percentofexportsandimportsto / fromtheEU ) ( Gambini2008 ) .TheMERCOSUREUtradebalancemakesthisevident ( notice , forinstance , theoverlappingofthetradesurpluscurves ) .Itshouldbenoted thatthe EU isalsothebiggestforeigninvestorin Brazil , accordingtothe BrazilianCentralBank. Anotherinterestingfeatureofthisrelationshipisthattherehasbeenlittle diversificationintheproductcategoriesofMERCOSURsexports.Forinstance , inthecaseofBrazilsexports , acomparisonofthe1988and2008figures indicatesthefollowingcomposition:basicproducts ( 49percent / 47percent ), semimanufactured ( 14percent / 15percent ) andmanufacturedproducts ( 37per cent / 38percent )( Aliceweb ) . Finally , itshouldbenotedthat , in1995 , MERCOSURandtheEUsigned theEUMERCOSURInterregionalFrameworkCooperation Agreement.The negotiations wereformallylaunchedinJune1999 andtariffand services negotiationsstartedinJuly2001.Marketoffersfrom bothsides , including
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