July 2009 July Asunción Application Value Production Integration and Development of for Projects IIRSA of Potential the of Analysis - Added Logistics Services Logistics Added D E – V to Group of projects 3 3 projects of Group to Paranaguá R E S E R S T H G I R L L A - A S R I I - Capricorn Hub www. (IPrLg) iirsa .org D E V R E S E R S T H G I R L L A - A S R I I Introduction In 2006, within the framework of the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), methodologies aimed at identifying infrastructure projects and actions complementary to IIRSA’s Project Portfolio were designed. These methodologies —the Methodology for the Evaluation of the Production Integration Potential of IIRSA’s Integration and Development Hubs [Pacheco, López, 2006], and the Methodology for the Promotion of the Development of Value Added Logistics Services (SLVAs) in IIRSA’s Hubs [ALG, Farromeque, 2006]— were partially applied to the Asunción-Paranaguá and Valparaíso-Buenos Aires Project Groups (GPs, in Spanish), in the case of the production integration methodology, and to the La Paz-Tacna-Lima Project Group, in the case of the methodology for the development of logistics services. The development of these two methodologies proved that it was necessary to approach the analysis of production integration and logistics issues from an integrated perspective. The integration of both methodologies and the complementation of aspects relevant for IIRSA, D partially covered by the instruments already mentioned, would enhance data collection and E consultation to different actors, creating significant potential for a structured dialogue. V R E The consolidated methodology, developed in 2007 by Marelia Martínez Rivas, Carola S Venot de Suárez, José Enrique Pérez Fiaño and João Furtado, was applied to Capricorn E Hub’s GP-3 (Brazil and Paraguay) and to Central Interoceanic Hub’s GP-5 (Bolivia, Chile R and Peru). With a view to this implementation, national teams were set up in the countries S involved and their members were trained by international consultants. T H G The Brazilian national team was made up of experts from the staff of two institutions: a I R federal institution, the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), under the purview of L the Planning, Budget and Administration Ministry, and a state institution, the Paraná L Institute of Social and Economic Development (IPARDES), reporting to the Planning and A - General Coordination State Department, state of Paraná. Experts from the Planning and A Transport Ministries and from the Transport Secretariat of the state of Paraná also S participated in the workshops. The national team of Paraguay was made up of experts from R I the Export and Investment Network (REDIEX), under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, I and by specialists from the staff of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications. 3 List of the Persons Participating in the Application Brazilian National Team Liana María da Frota Carleial Regional and Urban Studies Director - IPEA Bruno Cruz Assistant Director - IPEA Bolivar Pego Technical Coordinator - IPEA Francesca Emmanuelle Leite Viana Abreu Research Assistant - IPEA Alfredo Eric Romminger Research Assistant - IPEA Joao Carlos Magalhaes IPEA Amarildo Floriani Research Assistant Silvana Costa Research Assistant Vande Lage Magalhaes National Agency for Land Transportation - ANTT Elaine de Melo Xavier Representative of the Ministry of Planning Carlos Manuel V.A. dos Santos Director-President - IPARDES Paulo Delgado Researcher - IPARDES Daniel Nojima Researcher - IPARDES D Gracia Viecelli Besen Researcher - IPARDES E Darcy Marzulo Ribeiro Researcher - IPARDES V R Rejane Karam Transport Secretariat of the State of Paraná E S Paraguayan National Team E R Eduardo Clari Business Environment Director of REDIEX – S Team Supervisor T Luis Añazco IIRSA Coordinator from the Ministry of Public H G Works and Communications (MOPC) I Roberto Salinas IIRSA National Coordinator R José Luis Argaña Institutional Relations Director at the National L Transport Directorate (DINATRAN) L A Jorge Angulo Manager of the Logistics Committee at - REDIEX A Enrique Báez Office of Commercial Intelligence - REDIEX S Illian Marecos Expert on geographical information systems - R I REDIEX I Natalia Rodriguez Ministry of Industry and Trade Roberto Petters Research assistant of the Paraguayan National Team Consultants Marcel Barceló Logistics Expert Rinaldo Barcia Fonseca Production Processes Expert This document is primarily based on the information and texts included in the national teams’ reports. In some cases, the information and original texts were modified, adapted or summarized to be properly incorporated into this final report. In addition, this document resorts to information contained in other texts published by IIRSA, particularly the reports by Pacheco and López [2006] about the design and implementation of the preliminary methodology to evaluate the potential for production integration of the areas of influence of the Hubs’ Project Groups. Such texts are available at www.iirsa.org. 4 The contents of this document are organized as follows: Section 1 presents the projects included in Capricorn Hub’s GP-3 and describes their current status. Then, the criteria used to delimit the project group’s area of influence are described, and finally, the area of influence is outlined so that the reader may have a first general idea of the territory involved. Section 2 includes a more detailed characterization of the area of influence, focusing on the structure and general dynamics of its main economic activities as well as on the infrastructure available to support them. Section 3 explains the method used for the selection of production chains and value-added logistics services that served as the basis for hypotheses that were put to test in interviews made in Paraguay and Brazil. Section 4 presents the results of the interviews, paying special attention to the interviewees’ comments on the structure and dynamics of the selected production D E chains, references to the potential of these chains for production integration, the V identification of infrastructures complementary to IIRSA’s projects that may R contribute to production integration, the identification of problems, obstacles and E S restrictions hindering Brazil-Paraguay economic relations as well as the production E integration process, and the identification of business opportunities that, should they R come true, could support production integration. S T Section 5 specifies the reasons for which it is deemed suitable to envision the H G establishment of sets (or groups) that should include infrastructure projects, any I restrictions that need to be overcome for the production integration process to R L advance, as well as business opportunities associated with the previous elements. L A Sections 6 and 7 present the assessment of the impacts of GP-3 projects as well as - of the proposed actions and projects related to production integration and the A S logistics system, respectively. R I I Section 8 outlines the resulting recommendations and the indicative action program. 5 D E V R E S E R S T H G I R L L A - A S R I I 6 Table of Contents 1. The GP's Area of Influence ............................................................................. 9 1.1 Current Status of the Group’s Projects ............................................................. 9 1.2 Criteria Used to Delimit the Area of Influence ................................................. 10 1.3 The Joint Area of Influence: General References ........................................... 12 2. General Characterization of the Area of Influence ..................................... 15 2.1 Structure and Dynamics of the Fabric of Production ..................................... 15 2.2 Existing Infrastructure in the Area of Influence .............................................. 24 3. Selection of Production Chains and Formulation of Production Integration Hypotheses ........................................................................................ 33 D E 4. Interview Results: The Potential for Production Integration and V R Development of Logistics Services in the Area of Influence of the Project E S Group..................................................................................................................... 39 E R 4.1. Validation of the Hypotheses about Production Chain Structure and S T Dynamics ....................................................................................................................... 39 H G 4.2. Complementary Infrastructure, Problems and Business Opportunities I R Identified by Interviewees ............................................................................................ 49 L L 5. Proposed Projects and Actions ................................................................... 53 A - 6. Assessment of the Impacts of the GP Projects and of the Proposed A S R Actions and Projects on Production Integration ............................................... 59 I I 7. Assessment of the Impacts of the GP Projects and the Proposed Actions and Projects on the Logistics System ................................................................ 61 8. Recommendations and a Guiding Action Plan ........................................... 61 7 D E V R E S E R S T H G I R L L A - A S R I I 8 1. The GP's Area of Influence 1.1 Current Status of the Group’s Projects Capricorn Hub’s GP-3 (Asunción-Paranaguá) is