Agribusiness exports reached US $ 100.10 billion between December 2017 and November 2018 (+ 5.2%), surpassing the US $ 100 billion mark. The increase in exports was due to the increase in the amount exported (+ 5.3%).
“Surpassing the 100 billion dollar mark of annual Brazilian agribusiness exports reflects both the good management of the Ministry of Agriculture and the excellence of our productive sector,” said the Secretary of International Relations of Agribusiness at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MPLS), Odilson Ribeiro e Silva.
A record for the period occurred between December 2012 and November 2013, when Brazil exported US $ 100.70 billion in agribusiness products, according to data from Agribusiness Trade Balance released on Monday (17).
The share of the sector in total Brazilian exports was 42.1% (-1.9 percentage points compared to the previous period, which was 44%).
Sales in November
Agro exports last month reached US $ 8.37 billion, up 18.3%. Despite this growth, the share of agribusiness products in the total exported by Brazil in the period decreased, from 42.4% to 40.0%. Imports increased by 2.2% in November, with US $ 1.18 billion. The agribusiness balance of trade reached US $ 7.20 billion (+ 21.4%).
In relation to the products exported in November this year, the most important are soybeans, green coffee, pulp, paper, fresh beef and cotton. Sales of soybeans, which reached record value and volume for all months of November, totaled 5.07 million tons (+ 136.6%), a total of US $ 2 billion (+ 145.7% ).
Green coffee had a record in quantity for every month, up 44.5% over November 2017, at 234,000 tonnes. Exports of fresh beef were record for November at $ 521.75 million. Regarding quantity, there was also a record for the month, with 130,57 thousand tons traded.
The main product traded in the forest products sector was pulp, with a record November value of US $ 649.40 million (+ 17.6%) and also a record amount of 1.24 million tons (+ 14.2%). . Foreign sales of paper were also record, with the sum of US $ 184.04 million (+ 13.9%), for a quantum of 185.98 thousand tons (+ 5.6%).
In the fibers and textile products, there was highlight of the cotton, with records in value and quantity exported. Sales totaled US $ 344 million (+ 36.6%), with 198 thousand tons of the product marketed.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.