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The following is a list of the exports of Brazil. Data is for 2012, in billions of United States dollars, as reported by The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Currently the top twenty exports are listed. #
The economy of Brazil is historically the largest in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere in nominal terms. [30] As of 2024, the Brazilian economy is the third largest in the Americas in nominal terms, and second largest in purchasing power parity. It is an upper-middle income developing mixed economy. [31]
The agriculture of Brazil is historically one of the principal bases of Brazil's economy. As of 2024 the country is the second biggest grain exporter in the world, with 19% of the international market share, and the fourth overall grain producer. [ 7 ]
Brazil is formed by the union of 27 federative units—26 states and the Federal District, which contains the capital city, Brasília. Of these, seven states; São Paulo , Rio de Janeiro , Minas Gerais , Rio Grande do Sul , Paraná , Bahia and Santa Catarina ; with the Federal District, constitute almost 80% of the national economy.
The income of the mining sector in Brazil was R$153.4 billion in 2019, with exports totaling U$32.5 billion. The country's iron ore production reached 410 million tons in 2019. Brazil is the second-largest global iron ore exporter and holds the second position in the reserve ranking, with at least 29 billion tons beneath Brazilian soil.
China's commerce chamber CFNA said on Wednesday that starting Aug. 2 restrictions on Brazilian poultry sales only apply to products from Rio Grande do Sul state, which had an isolated outbreak of ...
An external cause identified was the slowdown of the Chinese economy, Brazil's largest trading partner. [9] This slowdown led to a sharp drop in commodity prices, which are the basis of Brazilian exports. As a result, Brazil's trade surplus plummeted and some exporting companies, such as Usiminas and Vale, suffered heavy losses.
Argentina is also doing more monitoring of entry points with Brazil where there had been a "lack of control in recent years," she said. "We're going to start a program, a plan, we're taking troops ...