2024 was challenging, but positive in terms of production volume in Paraguay

Published 2024년 12월 16일

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The article highlights the positive aspects of Brazil's agricultural sector, particularly grain production, which has almost reached 11 million tons of soybeans. However, the sector faced challenges such as low water levels in the Paraguay River, which affected navigation and caused delays and cost overruns. Despite these challenges, the Paraná River remained navigable due to dredging efforts by the private sector. To maintain competitiveness, Brazil must be more efficient, increase the protein content in grains, and focus on quality. The global context has kept prices low, but Brazil's agricultural sector has still managed to generate over USD 4 billion in foreign currency from soybean exports, with additional income from corn, wheat, and sesame.

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During the year-end evaluation of the agricultural sector, Berea emphasized that it was a positive year, mainly in terms of grain production. “Positive in terms of quantity, we are almost surpassing 11 million tons of soybeans,” he added. He stressed that the difficulties arose in the area of navigability, due to the low water levels of the rivers, especially the Paraguay River, which caused delays and cost overruns. “We are reaching the end of the year, finishing the export of soybeans in grains, when normally we would have to finish at the end of September. This was due to two factors: one due to the difficulty of navigation and another, because there was more quantity,” he added. He stressed that it was a challenging year and in this context, he mentioned that there were many convoys that had to go north of the Paraguay River in the ports of Concepción, Antequera and further upstream to bring soybeans from the ports of Bolivia or Murtinho, in Mato Grosso do Sur, Brazil, and ...

Source: Productivacm