Brazil's agribusiness exports reach the best result of the last 24 years in the first four months of 2021

Published 2021년 5월 13일

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Minas Gerais has seen a significant boost in its agribusiness exports, reaching a record high of US $ 3.01 billion in the first four months of the year, a 19.4% increase from the same period in 2020. The state also saw a 2.2% increase in volume, with coffee, soy complex, meat, sugar and alcohol complex, and forest products being the primary exports. Coffee exports experienced a 22% revenue and 24% volume increase, while meat exports rose by 12% in revenue and 28% in volume. The sugar and alcohol complex also saw an increase, driven by the fall in Thailand's harvest. Minas Gerais exported to 155 different destinations, with China, the United States, Germany, Belgium, and Japan being the top five.

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Minas Gerais agribusiness continues to bring good results to the economy of Minas Gerais. In the first four months of the year, the state has already reached its best export mark since 1997 - when the historical series began -, with US $ 3.01 billion in revenue and a volume of 3.46 million tons shipped abroad . Compared to the same period in 2020, growth was 19.4% in revenue and 2.2% in volume. According to the technical advisor of the Superintendence of Innovation and Agricultural Economics (Siea) of the State Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Seapa), Manoela Teixeira de Oliveira, the increase in the price of some commodities was one of the factors that led to this result, with an average price of $ 872.87 a ton. “Mining products were shipped to 155 different destinations, including: China (23%), United States (12%), Germany (11%), Belgium (5%) and Japan (5%). The main products in the Minas Gerais export basket were coffee (49%), soy complex (22%), meat (10%), ...

Source: GrupoCultivar