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East Coast South America Top Trading Countries | Jan-Aug 2023 vs. Jan-Aug 2022 | DataLiner

Oct, 10, 2023 Posted by Gabriel Malheiros

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See below the top trading partners of East Coast South America, namely Brazil and Plate countries, in terms of container exports in the first eight months of 2023 compared to the equivalent period in 2022. The data below was collected by the Business Intelligence Team of Datamar.

China emerged as the top destination of Brazilian container exports during the first eight months of 2023, with 293,754 TEUs shipped—an increase of 6.3% compared to the same period in 2022. The United States secured the second spot, receiving 253,861 TEUs, marking a 15.8% decrease from January to August 2022. Mexico claimed the third position, experiencing an 8.4% growth in container volumes during the same timeframe. Explore the complete rankings below:

Countries Ranking | Dataliner Brazil | Jan-Aug 2023 vs. Jan-Aug 2022 | TEU | Exports

wdt_ID RANK FOREIGN COUNTRY 2023 2022 %
1 1 CHINA 293.754 276.361 6.3%
2 2 UNITED STATES 253.861 301.671 -15.8%
3 3 MEXICO 96.397 88.935 8.4%
4 4 NETHERLANDS 61.513 59.229 3.9%
5 5 JAPAN 51.908 49.637 4.6%
6 6 COLOMBIA 49.920 58.637 -14.9%
7 7 INDIA 41.306 24.177 70.8%
8 8 PERU 40.823 41.410 -1.4%
9 9 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 40.481 38.707 4.6%
10 10 ARGENTINA 39.665 55.776 -28.9%
11 11 BELGIUM 38.387 44.369 -13.5%
12 12 UNITED KINGDOM 37.957 35.436 7.1%
13 13 SOUTH AFRICA 36.789 35.152 4.7%
14 14 VIETNAM 35.407 43.247 -18.1%
15 15 ITALY 34.922 35.642 -2.0%
16 16 SAUDI ARABIA 33.798 34.658 -2.5%
17 17 GERMANY 31.704 38.096 -16.8%
18 18 TURKEY 27.435 28.976 -5.3%
19 19 CHILE 24.083 23.110 4.2%
20 20 SPAIN 23.527 28.538 -17.6%
21 21 KOREA REPUBLIC OF 23.395 25.582 -8.5%
22 22 PHILIPPINES 23.312 23.409 -0.4%
23 23 ECUADOR 19.449 18.634 4.4%
24 24 BANGLADESH 16.821 17.736 -5.2%
25 25 SINGAPORE 16.697 16.745 -0.3%
26 26 EGYPT 14.232 15.703 -9.4%
27 27 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 14.109 16.184 -12.8%
28 28 FRANCE 12.826 15.690 -18.2%
29 29 MALAYSIA 12.360 16.708 -26.0%
30 30 CANADA 12.314 14.015 -12.1%
31 31 INDONESIA 11.622 18.492 -37.2%
32 32 ANGOLA 10.274 15.919 -35.5%
33 33 PORTUGAL 10.217 11.380 -10.2%
34 34 YEMEN 9.646 7.784 23.9%
35 35 THAILAND 9.399 11.606 -19.0%
36 36 GHANA 9.226 7.512 22.8%
37 37 PAKISTAN 8.197 14.574 -43.8%
38 38 IRAQ 7.565 1.845 310.1%
39 39 TAIWAN 7.476 10.166 -26.5%
40 40 GUATEMALA 7.136 8.814 -19.0%
41 41 CAMEROON 6.703 3.363 99.3%
42 42 AUSTRALIA 6.579 6.986 -5.8%
43 43 ISRAEL 6.498 8.603 -24.5%
44 44 SWEDEN 6.478 7.951 -18.5%
45 45 KUWAIT 6.466 6.198 4.3%
46 46 OMAN 5.982 4.923 21.5%
47 47 JORDAN 5.841 6.398 -8.7%
48 48 ALGERIA 5.826 4.191 39.0%
49 49 PANAMA 5.592 5.723 -2.3%
50 50 COSTA RICA 5.539 5.917 -6.4%
51 OTHERS 174.956 157.890 10.8%
52 TOTAL 1.786.370 1.848.405 -3.4%

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As for Brazilian container imports, China sold the most products to Brazil between January and August 2023, with 742,260 TEUs, up 17.9% from last year. The United States, second in the ranking, sent 184,721 TEUS to Brazil in the first eight months of 2023, a volume 12% higher than in 2022. Check out the other countries below

Countries Ranking | Dataliner Brazil | Jan-Aug 2023 vs. Jan-Aug 2022 | TEU | Imports

wdt_ID RANK FOREIGN COUNTRY 2023 2022 %
1 1 CHINA 742.260 629.477 17.9%
2 2 UNITED STATES 184.721 164.943 12.0%
3 3 GERMANY 81.505 80.650 1.1%
4 4 BELGIUM 71.897 84.466 -14.9%
5 5 INDIA 64.171 61.788 3.9%
6 6 ITALY 59.762 58.664 1.9%
7 7 MEXICO 46.823 44.502 5.2%
8 8 KOREA REPUBLIC OF 43.018 41.674 3.2%
9 9 SPAIN 31.544 34.110 -7.5%
10 10 COLOMBIA 31.203 27.060 15.3%
11 11 THAILAND 30.366 29.015 4.7%
12 12 JAPAN 28.683 29.948 -4.2%
13 13 NETHERLANDS 27.596 28.244 -2.3%
14 14 VIETNAM 24.494 17.674 38.6%
15 15 ARGENTINA 24.018 27.336 -12.1%
16 16 TURKEY 20.955 21.006 -0.2%
17 17 FRANCE 16.494 17.659 -6.6%
18 18 MALAYSIA 16.165 11.361 42.3%
19 19 CHILE 15.942 16.344 -2.5%
20 20 UNITED KINGDOM 15.902 19.312 -17.7%
21 21 INDONESIA 15.695 14.540 7.9%
22 22 TAIWAN 15.573 12.618 23.4%
23 23 PORTUGAL 14.336 15.277 -6.2%
24 24 SWEDEN 11.453 13.394 -14.5%
25 25 SAUDI ARABIA 11.217 9.372 19.7%
26 26 EGYPT 9.200 6.499 41.6%
27 27 ISRAEL 7.554 8.384 -9.9%
28 28 PERU 7.452 6.831 9.1%
29 29 CANADA 6.900 6.318 9.2%
30 30 LATVIA REPUBLIC OF 5.455 2.299 137.3%
31 31 FINLAND 5.339 3.880 37.6%
32 32 SINGAPORE 4.945 5.322 -7.1%
33 33 POLAND 4.831 5.316 -9.1%
34 34 SOUTH AFRICA 4.223 4.980 -15.2%
35 35 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 4.050 3.044 33.0%
36 36 MOROCCO 3.998 8.786 -54.5%
37 37 NORWAY 3.887 4.040 -3.8%
38 38 DENMARK 3.428 4.103 -16.4%
39 39 COSTA RICA 2.976 4.026 -26.1%
40 40 URUGUAY 2.855 2.240 27.5%
41 41 PHILIPPINES 2.442 2.429 0.5%
42 42 GUATEMALA 2.280 2.083 9.5%
43 43 ROMANIA 2.154 2.289 -5.9%
44 44 PAKISTAN 1.973 1.605 22.9%
45 45 BANGLADESH 1.964 1.607 22.2%
46 46 CZECH REPUBLIC 1.897 1.761 7.7%
47 47 ECUADOR 1.887 2.201 -14.3%
48 48 PANAMA 1.393 1.113 25.2%
49 49 OMAN 1.330 2.570 -48.2%
50 50 HUNGARY 1.135 873 30.0%
51 OTHERS 16.569 36.331 -54.4%
52 TOTAL 1.757.910 1.641.364 7.1%

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Argentina

In the case of Argentina, the country’s top trading partner was also China, which took in 55,659 TEUs, a volume 12.4% higher over the same period of 2022. The United States, which ranked second, saw an 11.5% decrease in Argentine exports. More information is available in the table below:

Countries Ranking | Dataliner Argentina | Jan-Aug 2023 vs. Jan-Aug 2022 | TEU | Exports
wdt_ID RANK FOREIGN COUNTRY 2023 2022 %
1 1 CHINA 55.659 49.510 12.4%
2 2 UNITED STATES 32.417 36.631 -11.5%
3 3 NETHERLANDS 25.910 26.797 -3.3%
4 4 BRAZIL 23.942 27.385 -12.6%
5 5 SPAIN 10.912 11.773 -7.3%
6 6 ITALY 9.433 9.454 -0.2%
7 7 GERMANY 7.333 10.682 -31.4%
8 8 MEXICO 7.211 7.723 -6.6%
9 9 VIETNAM 6.160 8.604 -28.4%
10 10 BELGIUM 6.071 6.676 -9.1%
11 11 UNITED KINGDOM 5.939 6.647 -10.6%
12 12 SAUDI ARABIA 5.686 6.802 -16.4%
13 13 THAILAND 5.335 6.294 -15.2%
14 14 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 5.144 6.532 -21.3%
15 15 TURKEY 4.828 3.777 27.8%
16 16 PHILIPPINES 4.620 3.396 36.0%
17 17 ISRAEL 4.343 4.259 2.0%
18 18 COLOMBIA 4.068 5.496 -26.0%
19 19 JAPAN 3.467 4.184 -17.1%
20 20 PERU 3.296 3.792 -13.1%
21 21 POLAND 3.198 3.109 2.9%
22 22 CANADA 3.036 3.725 -18.5%
23 23 FRANCE 2.895 2.907 -0.4%
24 24 SOUTH AFRICA 2.854 4.640 -38.5%
25 25 KOREA REPUBLIC OF 2.822 3.266 -13.6%
26 26 ALGERIA 2.655 7.042 -62.3%
27 27 PORTUGAL 2.563 1.984 29.2%
28 28 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2.074 2.984 -30.5%
29 29 GREECE 2.049 2.310 -11.3%
30 30 CUBA 1.827 667 173.9%
31 31 SINGAPORE 1.728 2.208 -21.8%
32 32 AUSTRALIA 1.684 2.223 -24.2%
33 33 PANAMA 1.681 1.791 -6.1%
34 34 ANGOLA 1.661 1.075 54.6%
35 35 INDIA 1.627 1.935 -15.9%
36 36 INDONESIA 1.482 2.230 -33.5%
37 37 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 1.476 1.368 7.9%
38 38 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1.182 1.257 -6.0%
39 39 LITHUANIA 1.080 1.179 -8.4%
40 40 GHANA 1.076 1.134 -5.1%
41 41 GUATEMALA 1.060 758 39.8%
42 42 ROMANIA 1.033 680 51.9%
43 43 VENEZUELA 1.015 1.360 -25.3%
44 44 COSTA RICA 1.012 948 6.8%
45 45 ECUADOR 996 1.039 -4.1%
46 46 COTE D IVOIRE 940 648 45.1%
47 47 TAIWAN 878 1.242 -29.3%
48 48 MALAYSIA 877 953 -8.0%
49 49 MOROCCO 839 932 -10.0%
50 50 CONGO 834 302 176.5%
51 OTHERS 0 18.600
52 TOTAL 281.908 322.910 14.5%

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China shows up again as Argentina’s top origin of imports in the first eight months of 2023, at around 138,341 TEUs. Such volume is 4.7% lower than in the same period last year. Imports from Brazil fell 26.2% in the same comparison. See more:

Countries Ranking | Dataliner Argentina | Jan-Aug 2023 vs. Jan-Aug 2022 | TEU | Imports

wdt_ID RANK COUNTRY 2023 2022 %
1 1 CHINA 138.341 145.161 -4.7%
2 2 BRAZIL 41.734 56.569 -26.2%
3 3 UNITED STATES 41.148 42.043 -2.1%
4 4 GERMANY 22.495 22.333 0.7%
5 5 MEXICO 15.707 16.592 -5.3%
6 6 SPAIN 13.465 12.910 4.3%
7 7 THAILAND 12.904 11.601 11.2%
8 8 BELGIUM 12.302 14.832 -17.1%
9 9 ITALY 12.184 13.076 -6.8%
10 10 INDIA 9.493 11.755 -19.2%
11 11 VIETNAM 5.761 3.299 74.6%
12 12 SOUTH KOREA 5.158 6.030 -14.5%
13 13 NETHERLANDS 5.125 5.167 -0.8%
14 14 COLOMBIA 4.604 4.979 -7.5%
15 15 FRANCE 4.118 4.581 -10.1%
16 16 JAPAN 4.057 4.347 -6.7%
17 17 INDONESIA 3.422 3.852 -11.2%
18 18 TURKEY 3.335 5.823 -42.7%
19 19 UNITED KINGDOM 3.334 3.493 -4.6%
20 20 SOUTH AFRICA 2.624 3.189 -17.7%
21 21 MOROCCO 2.507 1.691 48.3%
22 22 EGYPT 2.168 4.806 -54.9%
23 23 SLOVAKIA 1.742 1.374 26.8%
24 24 ISRAEL 1.739 1.856 -6.3%
25 25 SINGAPORE 1.605 1.517 5.8%
26 26 TAIWAN 1.560 2.442 -36.1%
27 27 SWEDEN 1.358 1.728 -21.4%
28 28 CANADA 1.227 1.254 -2.2%
29 29 MALAYSIA 1.138 2.102 -45.9%
30 30 ECUADOR 1.109 1.271 -12.7%
31 31 POLAND 932 1.140 -18.2%
32 32 DENMARK 928 1.124 -17.4%
33 33 PORTUGAL 868 3.777 -77.0%
34 34 FINLAND 833 1.057 -21.2%
35 35 SAUDI ARABIA 822 1.542 -46.7%
36 36 PERU 754 1.010 -25.3%
37 37 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 702 985 -28.7%
38 38 CZECH REPUBLIC 682 552 23.6%
39 39 PHILIPPINES 597 703 -15.1%
40 40 ROMANIA 515 656 -21.5%
41 41 PANAMA 488 481 1.5%
42 42 PAKISTAN 371 589 -37.0%
43 43 ALGERIA 326 220 48.2%
44 44 NORWAY 258 230 12.2%
45 45 IRELAND 199 294 -32.3%
46 46 GUATEMALA 199 84 136.9%
47 47 ESTONIA 171 211 -19.0%
48 48 CHILE 159 68 133.8%
49 49 NEW ZEALAND 151 163 -7.4%
50 50 AUSTRALIA 145 590 -75.4%
51 OTHERS 1.883 5.051 -62.7%
52 TOTAL 389.447 432.200 -9.9%

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Plate

China was the main destination for exports from Paraguay and Uruguay in the first eight months of 2023, with 23,586 TEUs, a volume 12.8% lower than in the same period of 2022. Exports to the United States fell 10.4% in the same comparison period :

Countries Ranking | Dataliner Plate | Jan-Aug 2023 vs. Jan-Aug 2022 | TEU | Exports

wdt_ID RANK FOREIGN COUNTRY 2023 2022 %
1 1 CHINA 23.586 27.041 -12.8%
2 2 UNITED STATES 16.640 18.562 -10.4%
3 3 MEXICO 5.538 5.515 0.4%
4 4 SPAIN 5.158 5.307 -2.8%
5 5 VIETNAM 4.716 5.711 -17.4%
6 6 BRAZIL 3.964 3.072 29.0%
7 7 NETHERLANDS 3.852 3.800 1.4%
8 8 UNITED KINGDOM 3.182 3.821 -16.7%
9 9 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2.820 4.738 -40.5%
10 10 PERU 2.701 2.108 28.1%
11 11 ITALY 2.695 3.421 -21.2%
12 12 TAIWAN 2.584 2.661 -2.9%
13 13 GERMANY 2.307 2.990 -22.8%
14 14 ISRAEL 1.917 3.175 -39.6%
15 15 COLOMBIA 1.855 2.303 -19.5%
16 16 INDIA 1.701 1.277 33.2%
17 17 ALGERIA 1.464 3.218 -54.5%
18 18 MALAYSIA 1.330 709 87.6%
19 19 KOREA REPUBLIC OF 1.325 1.432 -7.5%
20 20 THAILAND 1.236 1.345 -8.1%
21 21 NORWAY 1.232 845 45.8%
22 22 FRANCE 1.226 670 83.0%
23 23 GUATEMALA 1.144 765 49.5%
24 24 TURKEY 1.087 695 56.4%
25 25 BELGIUM 1.042 1.124 -7.3%
26 26 JAPAN 1.010 768 31.5%
27 27 CANADA 933 1.154 -19.2%
28 28 SAUDI ARABIA 877 1.099 -20.2%
29 29 PORTUGAL 780 840 -7.1%
30 30 LITHUANIA 769 918 -16.2%
31 31 ECUADOR 763 371 105.7%
32 32 POLAND 674 1.145 -41.1%
33 33 EGYPT 658 992 -33.7%
34 34 COSTA RICA 586 187 213.4%
35 35 SOUTH AFRICA 563 893 -37.0%
36 36 INDONESIA 545 338 61.2%
37 37 NIGERIA 447 424 5.4%
38 38 KUWAIT 432 691 -37.5%
39 39 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 431 406 6.2%
40 40 SINGAPORE 425 561 -24.2%
41 41 COTE D IVOIRE 413 301 37.2%
42 42 ALBANIA 364 260 40.0%
43 43 GREECE 362 382 -5.2%
44 44 GAMBIA 352 12 2833.3%
45 45 PANAMA 337 413 -18.4%
46 46 AUSTRALIA 335 434 -22.8%
47 47 PHILIPPINES 331 399 -17.0%
48 48 GABON 326 438 -25.5%
49 49 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 319 144 121.5%
50 50 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 305 441 -30.8%
51 OTHERS 7.268 7.757 -6.3%
52 TOTAL 116.907 128.073 -8.7%

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Keeping up with the trend, China was the leading origin of the goods imported by Paraguay and Uruguay from January to August 2023, with 83,684 TEUs. This volume is 50.8% higher than in the same period in 2022. Imports via containers from the United States grew 7.8% in the same comparison. See more below:

Countries Ranking | Dataliner Plate | Jan-Aug 2023 vs. Jan-Aug 2022 | TEU | Imports

wdt_ID RANK FOREIGN COUNTRY 2023 2022 %
1 1 CHINA 83.684 55.499 50.8%
2 2 UNITED STATES 14.034 13.024 7.8%
3 3 TURKEY 8.962 11.955 -25.0%
4 4 SPAIN 6.998 7.854 -10.9%
5 5 MEXICO 6.110 6.608 -7.5%
6 6 FRANCE 5.729 7.018 -18.4%
7 7 INDIA 4.694 3.740 25.5%
8 8 ITALY 4.139 3.636 13.8%
9 9 GERMANY 4.014 4.698 -14.6%
10 10 BELGIUM 3.812 5.252 -27.4%
11 11 NETHERLANDS 2.923 3.240 -9.8%
12 12 LATVIA 2.701 147 1737.4%
13 13 SOUTH KOREA 2.416 2.834 -14.7%
14 14 UNITED KINGDOM 2.180 2.637 -17.3%
15 15 BRAZIL 2.036 3.565 -42.9%
16 16 JAPAN 1.906 1.623 17.4%
17 17 COLOMBIA 1.415 1.357 4.2%
18 18 THAILAND 1.348 1.039 29.7%
19 19 PANAMA 999 1.003 -0.4%
20 20 VIETNAM 961 863 11.4%
21 21 INDONESIA 931 747 24.6%
22 22 TAIWAN 768 1.414 -45.7%
23 23 PERU 764 692 10.4%
24 24 POLAND 749 916 -18.2%
25 25 SOUTH AFRICA 690 524 31.7%
26 26 DENMARK 664 895 -25.8%
27 27 CANADA 639 755 -15.4%
28 28 FINLAND 587 1.089 -46.1%
29 29 SINGAPORE 532 392 35.7%
30 30 MALAYSIA 434 469 -7.5%
31 31 EGYPT 429 312 37.5%
32 32 PORTUGAL 410 710 -42.3%
33 33 SWEDEN 397 519 -23.5%
34 34 BANGLADESH 389 261 49.0%
35 35 LITHUANIA 309 206 50.0%
36 36 ECUADOR 294 313 -6.1%
37 37 GREECE 283 376 -24.7%
38 38 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 274 306 -10.5%
39 39 SAUDI ARABIA 253 692 -63.4%
40 40 PHILIPPINES 157 167 -6.0%
41 41 NEW ZEALAND 150 137 9.5%
42 42 ISRAEL 148 202 -26.7%
43 43 IRELAND 147 147 0.0%
44 44 PAKISTAN 145 171 -15.2%
45 45 AUSTRALIA 129 223 -42.2%
46 46 COSTA RICA 111 95 16.8%
47 47 ESTONIA 107 147 -27.2%
48 48 CAMEROON 106 47 125.5%
49 49 BULGARIA 103 86 19.8%
50 50 GUATEMALA 99 157 -36.9%
51 OTHERS 1.406 5.601 -74.9%
52 TOTAL 173.665 156.360 11.1%

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