São Paulo – Brazilian cooperatives’ exports amounted to US$ 4.206 billion year-to-date through August this year, up 9.5% from the same period in 2012. According to figures released last Wednesday (25th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, the United Arab Emirates were the third leading importer of cooperative-made products this year at US$ 351.1 million, up 66.6% from the same period in 2012. Exports to the country accounted for 8.4% of total exports by Brazilian cooperatives. <\/p>\n
Among the 25 leading importing countries of Brazilian cooperatives, there are four other Arab countries. Saudi Arabia was the 7th leading importing country. Year-to-date through
August, Saudi Arabia imported the equivalent of US$ 167.1 million (4% of total imports); Algeria imported US$ 83.2 million (2%); Egypt imported US$ 63.9 million (1.5%); and Yemen, the 19th leading importer, purchased US$ 56 million worth of Brazilian-made products, i.e. 1.3% of total cooperatives’ sales. Brazilian cooperatives’ exports to Yemen saw the most increase year-to-date in 2013 from 2012. According to the ministry, the country imported 224% more this year than in the last. <\/p>\n
According to the ministry, China was the leading importer of Brazilian cooperatives’ products in 2013, at US$ 607.6 million year-to-date, equivalent to 14.5% of total exports from Brazil. The United States rank second at US$ 465.7 million, i.e. 11.1% of the total. Of the five leading importing countries for Brazilian cooperatives, the Netherlands ranked fourth at US$ 263.1 million (6.3% of total exports). Germany ranked fifth at US$ 231.9 million (5.5%).<\/p>\n
In August only, cooperatives’ exports amounted to US$ 508.1 million, up 0.77% from August 2012 and down 8.76% from July 2013.<\/p>\n
Products and states <\/strong> <\/p>\n Year-to-date through August, exports of refined sugar, the main export product of Brazilian cooperatives, amounted to a combined US$ 783.9 million, equivalent to 18.6% of total exports. Sales of the second most exported item, soya bean, stood at US$ 542 million, followed by poultry (US$ 496.2 million), soya bran (US$ 468.5 million), coffee bean (US$ 437.6 million) and ethanol (389.4 million).<\/p>\n São Paulo was the leading exporting state, having shipped out the equivalent of US$ 1.44 billion. Paraná, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina and Mato Grosso do Sul were the top exporting states year-to-date through August for cooperatives.<\/p>\n According to the Brazilian ministry, Brazilian cooperatives’ imports were also up year-to-date. By August, cooperatives had imported a combined US$ 275 million, up 23% from the same period last year. The main import products were non-roasted, whole, or broken malt; barley for beer; potassium chlorides; common bean, black bean, dried bean and bulk bean; and ammonium di-hydrogen-orthophosphate.<\/p>\n *Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n