Evolução e desempenho do mercado externo das regiões brasileiras produtoras de produtos metal mecânicos

This paper analyzes the recent evolution of export list in Brazilian microregions context of metal working specialization.Therefore, it was observed the total of exportations, export destinations by countries as well the diversifications of markets seen at the level of productive differentiation.It was possible to find that despite all actual problems in national industries, this set of sectors maintain international competitiveness in some products.However, the future scenario is not so optimistic and policies should be designed to protect and diversify such strategic sectors.