Between January and September of this year, Brazil recorded a turnover of US $ 8 billion with exports of forest products (pulp, wood panels and paper). This result indicates an increase of 27.6% in relation to the revenues obtained in the same period last year, reports the Brazilian Industry of Trees (IBÁ).
The entity also highlights the growth in total Brazilian agribusiness exports: 10.1%. Also in the accumulated of the year, the trade balance of this segment is positive, reaching US $ 7.2 billion, an increase of 30.3%.
Among the main Brazilian buyers, China stands out as the largest importer of pulp and increased its product acquisition by 40.7% in relation to the accumulated value of 2017. Europe and North America are the same as other destinations with higher trade of the product, which totaled US $ 6.3 billion exported in 2018. The paper, in turn, continues with its focus on external negotiations in Latin America, which posted a 9.1% advance in the negotiated value.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.