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Roraima’s Economy Evolves After Arrival of Venezuelans

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published on 02/02/2020 at 19:29
ECONOMIA DE RORAIMA
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The Previous Year’s Electoral Campaign Directly Addressed the Migration of Venezuelans to the State of Roraima

Throughout 2017 and 2018, Roraima’s GDP, a state with 79% of its economy based on services and a strong influence from the public sector, grew by 2.3%, while other states experienced growth of 1.4%.

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“Not only the Federal Government, mainly through the Army, but several international institutions have started to operate in the state and the economy of Roraima. This caused people to migrate from other locations, institutions to open offices in the state, and the Brazilian Army to continually send contingents there. Thus, the economy began to respond positively”, says researcher Wagner Pereira from FGV.

About the Study

“The study is unable to attribute all the additional growth that the state of Roraima has experienced due to migration flow, especially since in 2016 and 2017 the flow was not so high, and the federal government’s response had not yet begun”, Pereira explained. Nevertheless, he stated that other indices covering the years 2018 and 2019 allow measuring the impact of migration flow on Roraima’s economy.

“There has never been such an unusual behavior [the increase in revenue from ICMS]. It is not a phenomenon occurring in other states; it is a phenomenon happening in Roraima. The only thing that could be happening is that the state is performing the miracle of greatly improving its revenue”, assures the researcher.

Exports

The volume of exports increased more than five times in the oil industries. Between 2010 and 2014, trade between Roraima and Venezuela totaled R$ 15.3 billion. Between 2015 and 2019, it amounted to R$ 84.2 billion. Thus, it can be concluded that the migration of Venezuelans to the state of Roraima had a positive effect not only for the state but also for the national territory.

Paulo Nogueira

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from one of the country's technical education institutions, the Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF (formerly CEFET), he worked for several years in the offshore oil and gas, energy, and construction sectors. Today, with over 8,000 publications in online magazines and blogs on the energy sector, the focus is to provide real-time information on the Brazilian job market, macro and microeconomics, and entrepreneurship. For questions, suggestions, and corrections, please contact us at informe@clickpetroleoegas.com.br. Please note that we do not accept resumes at this contact.

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