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Brazilian soybean exports fall 3% in September

Oct, 02, 2020 Posted by Ruth Hollard

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In September, Brazilian soy exports totaled 4.5 million tons, down 2.84% in relation to the volume shipped in the same month of 2019, when the country shipped 4.6 million tons of the grain.

In August, the retraction was much greater: 27.9%. The data were released last Thursday, October 1, by the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) of the Ministry of Economy. This year, August had 21 working days, as did September 2019 and September 2020.

Corn shipments reached 6.6 million tons in September, an increase of 2.5% compared to September last year. In comparison with August 2020, shipments increased by 3.1%. Revenue from shipments in September was US$ 1.08 billion, an increase of 2.1% over the same month last year and stable in relation to August. The value per ton fell 0.42% in relation to the same month of 2019, to US$ 164.6. In comparison with the month of August, this represented an increase of 1.73%.

158,900 tons of cotton were shipped, a decrease of 3.46% in relation to September last year, and 45.7% greater than the August shipment. Revenue reached US$ 230,800, down 12.7% compared to September 2019, but up 50.7% in comparison with the month of August. The value per ton decreased 9.5% in September in the annual comparison, to US$1,452, but remained stable when compared with August.

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