The new global market competitiveness considerer the competition between productive chains (PC) or supply chains, not just between enterprises. In this case, it can be observed collaboration and cooperation enterprises that dispute with others productives chain. The PC competitiveness can be impaired if is subject by inhibitors factors, that can impairer the performance. This paper analyses these competitiveness factors inhibitors in biodiesel productive chain (CPB) in semi-arid area: exported product, market knowledge, competitiveness position, opportunities to aggregate value in chain, cooperation between enterprises, enterprises way of thinking and paternalism by government. It was done this analyses to compare CPB with the world.