The present work aims to identify the competitive performance of Brazil and the Ceará State in the international market of pineapple and watermelon, in the period from 1997 to 2006. To measure the competitiveness of the brazilian and cearense exportations of pineapple and watermelon at the international market, as well as evidencing the factors that have influenced the variations of the exporttions in tje analyzed period, the following pointers have been used: Comparative Advantage Revealed (VCR); Cover Tax (TC); Performance of Exportations and Constant Market Share (CMS). Besides, it was verufy the existence of politics of incentive to the production and commercialization of pineapple and watermelon. The results demonstrate that the state ...