Withthebumpercropin2017,foreignsales
byBrazil,leadingglobalexporter,reach
thehighestvolumes,whileshipments
throughtheNorthareontherise
HEADINGFORTHE EAST
Brazilian soy is exported to around 40 countries, but great concentration occurs in
China (75% in 2016). To this Asian giant, and to other countries in this region, the
trend is for these countries to continue absorbing the biggest amount over the next
years, due to their great growth potential and vastmarket for primary products,
observes SérgioMendes, fromAnec. The projections for soaring demand and bigger
soybean crops over the coming years are alsomentioned by Thomé Freire Guth,
market analyst with Conab, besides the fact that there is China representing a huge
market pursued by twomajor exporters, Brazil and theUnited States. That iswhy,
with regard to the Country’s conditions and leadership, what deserves attention is the
fact that “more investments in crop transportation logistics are deemed necessary”.
G
lobal leader in soybean ex-
ports, Brazil Frequently hits
records highs in foreign sales,
a performance that is affect-
ed only in case of a crop fail-
ure, like in 2016. Upon disclosing this
observation, Sérgio Castanho, gener-
al director of the National Association
of Cereal Exporters (Anec), stresses that
“this situation stems from the efficien-
cy of the Brazilian exporters, who know
all too well how to detect and serve the
market satisfactorily, as well as the mate-
rialization of the objective of increased ex-
ports through the North, which contribute
towards the fluency of the operations”.
The numbers of the foreign soybean
negotiations of the Country in 2017, up
until August, when the bulk of the crop
had been negotiated, had already out-
stripped the volume of 2015, which, up
to that time, had been the year with the
highest amount ever shipped abroad.
While during that crop year total ship-
ments amounted to 54 million tons, while
that month’s estimates for the current
year were pointing to around 64 million
tons. And could even exceed this amount,
speculated Leonardo Amazonas, ana-
lyst at the National Food Supply Agency
(Conab), should North-American exports
“decline sharply” from September to De-
cember, “like in 2015, when, just like now,
international prices were low and paved
the way for Brazilian exports”.
With regard to the revenue from soy-
bean exports during the current year, the
Center for Applied Studies on Advanced
Without
limits
Brazilian soybean exports are esti ated
to amount to 64million tons
emphasizes. Anyway, despite these two
opposing factors, low price and not-so-
favorable dollar, “a fact that rarely takes
place simultaneously”, the Country still
manages to hit record highs in volume
exported, “thanks to its efficiency” the
Anec official complements.
The big amount of kernel shipments,
higher than the average of the past years,
puts to test the efficiency of the Brazilian
ports, which have been performing well,
according to an evaluation of the first half
in 2017 by Anec officials. They highlighted
the expansion of the port of Santos and,
particularly, an above average growth of
the ports located in the North of the Coun-
try, which has greatly contributed towards
achieving the 2017 export targets”. The
units of Barcarena, in Pará, and Itaqui, in
São Luís, State of Maranhão, display more
significant rates, but Aratu/Cotegipe, in
Salvador, State of Bahia, has shown rel-
evant reaction, with the recovery of pro-
duction across the State.
n
Economics (Cepea), of the University of
São Paulo, analyzed the dimension of the
setback. “With the rising value of the Bra-
zilian currency in the first half of 2017,
compared to the same period in 2016,
there was a reduction in dollar terms and
domestic soybean prices in Real suffered
a negative variation of 13.7%”, the organ
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PONTOS DE SAÍDA DA SOJA
shipment ports
As plataformas brasileiras de escoamento do grão - (Emmil quilos)
Portos
2017 (Jan/Ag)
2016 (Jan/Ag)
Var. (%)
Santos (SP)
16.361.463
14.394.611
13,66
Rio Grande (RS)
8.870.496
8.180.306
8,44
Paranaguá (PR)
8.774.960
7.411.859
18,39
Itaqui/São Luís (MA)
5.389.616
3.600.783
49,68
São Francisco do Sul (SC)
4.226.317
3.635.752
16,24
Barcarena (PA)
4.153.895
2.245.546
84,98
Vitória (ES)
2.885.422
2.672.125
7,98
Aratu/Cotegipe (BA)
2.169.808
1.058.943
104,90
Itacoatiara (AM)
1.954.762
1.814.317
7,74
Imbituba (SC)
823.976
917.729
-10,22
Ilhéus (BA)
92.699
61.820
49,95
Barra dos Coqueiros (SE)
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20.581
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Total
57.610.461
47.608.768
21,01
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