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

Nov, 24, 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 nine months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. The Business Intelligence Team of Datamar collected the data below.

China leads the list of countries that received the most Brazilian containers from January to September 2023, with a volume that is 6% higher than in 2022. According to the ranking, the United States received 16.7% fewer boxes in the same comparison period. Brazil also exports to Mexico, which ranks third on the list, with a 9.4% increase in volume. See more below:

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

RANK	FOREIGN COUNTRY	2023	2022	%
1	1	CHINA	336.931	317.784	6.0%
2	2	UNITED STATES	285.313	342.689	-16.7%
3	3	MEXICO	110.503	100.991	9.4%
4	4	NETHERLANDS	72.019	68.833	4.6%
5	5	JAPAN	57.037	56.420	1.1%
6	6	COLOMBIA	55.175	66.931	-17.6%
7	7	INDIA	49.446	28.399	74.1%
8	8	PERU	45.714	45.612	0.2%
9	9	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	45.361	42.774	6.0%
10	10	ARGENTINA	44.048	61.824	-28.8%
11	11	UNITED KINGDOM	43.690	40.520	7.8%
12	12	BELGIUM	43.533	49.797	-12.6%
13	13	SOUTH AFRICA	40.978	38.298	7.0%
14	14	ITALY	40.898	41.219	-0.8%
15	15	VIETNAM	40.189	48.458	-17.1%
16	16	SAUDI ARABIA	38.019	38.730	-1.8%
17	17	GERMANY	35.616	43.019	-17.2%
18	18	TURKEY	31.584	33.093	-4.6%
19	19	CHILE	27.447	25.509	7.6%
20	20	SPAIN	26.574	31.463	-15.5%
21	21	SOUTH KOREA	26.442	29.162	-9.3%
22	22	PHILIPPINES	25.883	26.674	-3.0%
23	23	ECUADOR	22.444	20.529	9.3%
24	24	BANGLADESH	18.490	20.687	-10.6%
25	25	SINGAPORE	18.425	18.827	-2.1%
26	26	EGYPT	16.245	17.008	-4.5%
27	27	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	15.651	17.713	-11.6%
28	28	FRANCE	14.222	17.500	-18.7%
29	29	CANADA	13.989	16.139	-13.3%
30	30	MALAYSIA	13.906	18.921	-26.5%
31	31	INDONESIA	13.512	20.477	-34.0%
32	32	PORTUGAL	11.525	12.751	-9.6%
33	33	ANGOLA	11.301	18.305	-38.3%
34	34	YEMEN	11.078	9.209	20.3%
35	35	THAILAND	10.700	12.980	-17.6%
36	36	GHANA	10.341	8.783	17.7%
37	37	PAKISTAN	9.155	17.102	-46.5%
38	38	IRAQ	8.321	2.022	311.6%
39	39	GUATEMALA	8.230	9.645	-14.7%
40	40	TAIWAN	8.122	11.120	-27.0%
41	41	ISRAEL	7.594	9.490	-20.0%
42	42	AUSTRALIA	7.357	8.192	-10.2%
43	43	SWEDEN	7.305	9.025	-19.1%
44	44	KUWAIT	7.286	7.140	2.0%
45	45	CAMEROON	7.217	4.420	63.3%
46	46	OMAN	6.738	5.608	20.1%
47	47	ALGERIA	6.738	4.696	43.5%
48	48	GUINEA	6.625	4.276	54.9%
49	49	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	6.563	12.280	-46.6%
50	50	VENEZUELA	6.460	5.727	12.8%
51		OTHERS	200.523	179.945	11.4%
52		TOTAL	2.028.463	2.098.716	-3.3%

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China tops the list of Brazilian container imports. Brazil imported 864,097 TEUs from Asia between January and September 2023. The volume is up 16.9% from the same period in 2022. Imports from the United States, which ranks second, increased 7.2% in the same period. Take a look at it below:

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

RANK	FOREIGN COUNTRY	2023	2022	%
1	1	CHINA	864.097	739.391	16.9%
2	2	UNITED STATES	204.252	190.500	7.2%
3	3	GERMANY	90.489	91.952	-1.6%
4	4	BELGIUM	80.115	96.424	-16.9%
5	5	INDIA	73.539	70.094	4.9%
6	6	ITALY	66.097	65.833	0.4%
7	7	MEXICO	52.229	51.802	0.8%
8	8	SOUTH KOREA	46.995	47.863	-1.8%
9	9	COLOMBIA	35.655	32.311	10.4%
10	10	SPAIN	35.110	38.358	-8.5%
11	11	THAILAND	34.156	33.986	0.5%
12	12	JAPAN	31.698	34.610	-8.4%
13	13	NETHERLANDS	30.643	32.210	-4.9%
14	14	VIETNAM	27.850	20.881	33.4%
15	15	ARGENTINA	26.875	30.530	-12.0%
16	16	TURKEY	23.534	23.349	0.8%
17	17	MALAYSIA	18.644	13.278	40.4%
18	18	FRANCE	18.480	19.585	-5.6%
19	19	CHILE	18.241	18.982	-3.9%
20	20	INDONESIA	18.087	17.003	6.4%
21	21	UNITED KINGDOM	17.883	21.690	-17.6%
22	22	TAIWAN	17.584	14.885	18.1%
23	23	PORTUGAL	16.519	17.568	-6.0%
24	24	SWEDEN	12.744	15.623	-18.4%
25	25	SAUDI ARABIA	12.563	11.167	12.5%
26	26	EGYPT	10.607	7.230	46.7%
27	27	ISRAEL	8.417	9.649	-12.8%
28	28	PERU	8.247	7.896	4.4%
29	29	CANADA	7.704	7.299	5.6%
30	30	LATVIA	6.029	3.014	100.0%
31	31	FINLAND	5.755	4.848	18.7%
32	32	SINGAPORE	5.506	6.214	-11.4%
33	33	POLAND	5.277	5.940	-11.2%
34	34	MOROCCO	4.860	9.314	-47.8%
35	35	SOUTH AFRICA	4.721	5.601	-15.7%
36	36	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	4.410	3.880	13.7%
37	37	NORWAY	4.203	4.555	-7.7%
38	38	DENMARK	3.840	4.511	-14.9%
39	39	URUGUAY	3.350	2.667	25.6%
40	40	COSTA RICA	3.046	4.267	-28.6%
41	41	PHILIPPINES	2.766	2.821	-1.9%
42	42	GUATEMALA	2.738	2.408	13.7%
43	43	ROMANIA	2.409	2.547	-5.4%
44	44	PAKISTAN	2.301	1.771	29.9%
45	45	CZECH REPUBLIC	2.259	1.981	14.0%
46	46	BANGLADESH	2.156	1.786	20.7%
47	47	ECUADOR	2.062	2.442	-15.6%
48	48	PANAMA	1.593	1.265	26.0%
49	49	OMAN	1.553	2.737	-43.2%
50	50	HUNGARY	1.271	987	28.8%
51		OTHERS	18.625	18.625	0.0%
52		TOTAL	1.999.784	1.876.130	6.6%

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Argentina

China also leads the list of Argentine container exports in the first nine months of 2023, with 63,635 TEUs. The volume is up 16.2% from the same period in 2022. The United States, which ranked second, had volumes that were 11.6% lower in the same comparison. See more examples below:

Countries Ranking | Dataliner Argentina | Jan-Sep 2023 vs. Jan-Sep 2022 | TEU | Exports

RANK	FOREIGN COUNTRY	2023	2022	%
1	1	CHINA	63.635	54.774	16.2%
2	2	UNITED STATES	35.614	40.284	-11.6%
3	3	NETHERLANDS	27.684	29.832	-7.2%
4	4	BRAZIL	27.396	30.509	-10.2%
5	5	SPAIN	12.446	13.629	-8.7%
6	6	ITALY	10.647	10.639	0.1%
7	7	GERMANY	8.383	12.395	-32.4%
8	8	MEXICO	8.281	8.890	-6.8%
9	9	VIETNAM	7.246	9.649	-24.9%
10	10	BELGIUM	6.634	7.848	-15.5%
11	11	UNITED KINGDOM	6.337	7.310	-13.3%
12	12	SAUDI ARABIA	5.940	7.395	-19.7%
13	13	THAILAND	5.902	6.833	-13.6%
14	14	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	5.496	7.317	-24.9%
15	15	TURKEY	5.192	4.215	23.2%
16	16	PHILIPPINES	5.100	3.707	37.6%
17	17	ISRAEL	4.894	4.796	2.0%
18	18	COLOMBIA	4.474	5.968	-25.0%
19	19	JAPAN	4.070	4.787	-15.0%
20	20	PERU	3.765	4.305	-12.5%
21	21	POLAND	3.462	3.839	-9.8%
22	22	CANADA	3.307	4.024	-17.8%
23	23	FRANCE	3.293	3.428	-3.9%
24	24	SOUTH KOREA	3.175	3.495	-9.2%
25	25	SOUTH AFRICA	3.004	5.202	-42.3%
26	26	PORTUGAL	2.956	2.260	30.8%
27	27	ALGERIA	2.743	7.469	-63.3%
28	28	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	2.324	3.252	-28.5%
29	29	GREECE	2.233	2.463	-9.3%
30	30	SINGAPORE	2.124	2.354	-9.8%
31	31	AUSTRALIA	1.959	2.457	-20.3%
32	32	CUBA	1.923	774	148.4%
33	33	INDIA	1.855	2.061	-10.0%
34	34	ANGOLA	1.851	1.244	48.8%
35	35	PANAMA	1.848	2.054	-10.0%
36	36	SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	1.774	1.714	3.5%
37	37	INDONESIA	1.682	2.400	-29.9%
38	38	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	1.335	1.458	-8.4%
39	39	GHANA	1.247	1.253	-0.5%
40	40	GUATEMALA	1.225	800	53.1%
41	41	VENEZUELA	1.197	1.526	-21.5%
42	42	LITHUANIA	1.153	1.363	-15.4%
43	43	ECUADOR	1.148	1.166	-1.5%
44	44	ROMANIA	1.115	758	47.1%
45	45	COSTA RICA	1.092	1.054	3.6%
46	46	COTE D IVOIRE	1.012	708	42.9%
47	47	MALAYSIA	1.003	1.044	-3.9%
48	48	CONGO	999	368	171.7%
49	49	TAIWAN	989	1.335	-25.9%
50	50	MOROCCO	858	1.053	-18.5%
51		OTHERS	19.512	21.191	-7.9%
52		TOTAL	334.534	360.649	-7.2%

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China leads the ranking of Argentine containerized imports from January to September 2023, with a volume 1.2% lower than in the same months in 2022. The volumes from Brazil, ranked second, are 27% smaller; see below:

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

RANK	FOREIGN COUNTRY	2023	2022	%
1	1	CHINA	163.053	165.048	-1.2%
2	2	BRAZIL	45.822	62.786	-27.0%
3	3	UNITED STATES	44.845	47.135	-4.9%
4	4	GERMANY	25.286	26.183	-3.4%
5	5	MEXICO	17.541	19.610	-10.6%
6	6	THAILAND	15.007	13.257	13.2%
7	7	SPAIN	14.805	14.578	1.6%
8	8	BELGIUM	13.732	16.382	-16.2%
9	9	ITALY	13.585	14.762	-8.0%
10	10	INDIA	10.828	13.041	-17.0%
11	11	VIETNAM	6.158	3.766	63.5%
12	12	SOUTH KOREA	5.894	6.671	-11.7%
13	13	NETHERLANDS	5.801	5.952	-2.5%
14	14	COLOMBIA	5.060	5.810	-12.9%
15	15	JAPAN	4.729	5.076	-6.8%
16	16	FRANCE	4.550	5.208	-12.6%
17	17	INDONESIA	3.778	4.347	-13.1%
18	18	TURKEY	3.773	6.493	-41.9%
19	19	UNITED KINGDOM	3.708	4.018	-7.7%
20	20	SOUTH AFRICA	3.045	4.006	-24.0%
21	21	MOROCCO	2.720	2.200	23.6%
22	22	EGYPT	2.246	5.708	-60.7%
23	23	SLOVAKIA	1.980	1.658	19.4%
24	24	ISRAEL	1.949	2.045	-4.7%
25	25	SINGAPORE	1.857	1.733	7.1%
26	26	TAIWAN	1.780	2.635	-32.4%
27	27	SWEDEN	1.570	1.904	-17.5%
28	28	CANADA	1.405	1.360	3.3%
29	29	MALAYSIA	1.287	2.316	-44.4%
30	30	ECUADOR	1.229	1.399	-12.2%
31	31	POLAND	1.030	1.299	-20.7%
32	32	DENMARK	986	1.360	-27.5%
33	33	SAUDI ARABIA	949	1.712	-44.6%
34	34	PORTUGAL	948	4.184	-77.3%
35	35	FINLAND	929	1.289	-27.9%
36	36	PERU	822	1.132	-27.4%
37	37	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	797	1.145	-30.4%
38	38	CZECH REPUBLIC	785	668	17.5%
39	39	PHILIPPINES	638	776	-17.8%
40	40	ROMANIA	570	745	-23.5%
41	41	PANAMA	546	546	0.1%
42	42	PAKISTAN	474	721	-34.3%
43	43	ALGERIA	328	302	8.6%
44	44	NORWAY	273	257	6.2%
45	45	GUATEMALA	221	89	148.3%
46	46	IRELAND	219	338	-35.2%
47	47	ESTONIA	196	280	-30.0%
48	48	CHILE	178	78	128.2%
49	49	AUSTRALIA	171	636	-73.1%
50	50	NEW ZEALAND	165	203	-18.7%
51		OTHERS	2.087	5.418	-61.5%
52		TOTAL	442.335	490.265	-9.8%

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Other countries

Among the other Plate countries (Paraguay and Uruguay), China takes the lead in container exports, with 30,306 TEUs shipped in the first nine months of 2023, a volume that is 4.1% higher than last year. In the same period, shipments to the United States fell 7.3%. See more below:

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

RANK	FOREIGN COUNTRY	2023	2022	%
1	1	CHINA	30.306	29.106	4.1%
2	2	UNITED STATES	18.894	20.384	-7.3%
3	3	MEXICO	6.592	6.218	6.0%
4	4	VIETNAM	6.007	6.113	-1.7%
5	5	SPAIN	5.867	6.131	-4.3%
6	6	NETHERLANDS	5.146	4.249	21.1%
7	7	BRAZIL	4.572	3.520	29.9%
8	8	UNITED KINGDOM	3.820	4.252	-10.2%
9	9	TAIWAN	3.755	2.789	34.6%
10	10	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	3.350	5.545	-39.6%
11	11	PERU	3.084	2.333	32.2%
12	12	ITALY	3.081	3.771	-18.3%
13	13	GERMANY	2.803	3.362	-16.6%
14	14	ISRAEL	2.413	3.538	-31.8%
15	15	ALGERIA	2.148	3.411	-37.0%
16	16	COLOMBIA	2.125	2.450	-13.3%
17	17	MALAYSIA	1.985	770	157.8%
18	18	INDIA	1.962	1.384	41.8%
19	19	THAILAND	1.502	1.435	4.6%
20	20	FRANCE	1.454	768	89.3%
21	21	SOUTH KOREA	1.417	1.484	-4.5%
22	22	GUATEMALA	1.366	832	64.2%
23	23	SAUDI ARABIA	1.306	1.327	-1.6%
24	24	BELGIUM	1.256	1.259	-0.2%
25	25	NORWAY	1.252	859	45.8%
26	26	ECUADOR	1.228	394	211.7%
27	27	JAPAN	1.221	816	49.6%
28	28	TURKEY	1.155	747	54.6%
29	29	CANADA	1.048	1.236	-15.2%
30	30	INDONESIA	965	412	134.2%
31	31	PORTUGAL	915	903	1.3%
32	32	LITHUANIA	897	1.306	-31.3%
33	33	POLAND	782	1.180	-33.7%
34	34	EGYPT	748	1.040	-28.1%
35	35	COSTA RICA	735	211	248.3%
36	36	SOUTH AFRICA	679	979	-30.7%
37	37	PHILIPPINES	561	455	23.3%
38	38	SINGAPORE	558	573	-2.6%
39	39	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	521	178	192.7%
40	40	NIGERIA	517	588	-12.1%
41	41	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	492	481	2.3%
42	42	KUWAIT	484	829	-41.6%
43	43	AUSTRALIA	450	494	-8.9%
44	44	COTE D IVOIRE	443	349	26.9%
45	45	GREECE	429	448	-4.2%
46	46	ALBANIA	426	324	31.5%
47	47	GABON	400	470	-14.8%
48	48	CONGO	398	290	37.2%
49	49	GAMBIA	396	12	3200.0%
50	50	PANAMA	392	455	-13.8%
51		OTHERS	8.691	9.093	-4.4%
52		TOTAL	142.994	141.553	1.0%

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Finally, China leads the ranking of imports via containers from Paraguay and Uruguay in the first nine months of 2023, with 101,259 TEUs. The volume is 55.7% higher than in the same months of 2022. The United States, second in the ranking, had a 4% higher volume. See the full ranking:

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

RANK	FOREIGN COUNTRY	2023	2022	%
1	1	CHINA	101.259	65.042	55.7%
2	2	UNITED STATES	15.389	14.790	4.0%
3	3	TURKEY	10.367	13.369	-22.5%
4	4	SPAIN	7.955	8.755	-9.1%
5	5	MEXICO	6.622	7.402	-10.5%
6	6	FRANCE	6.282	7.391	-15.0%
7	7	INDIA	5.358	4.230	26.7%
8	8	GERMANY	4.741	5.233	-9.4%
9	9	ITALY	4.713	4.081	15.5%
10	10	BELGIUM	4.218	5.795	-27.2%
11	11	NETHERLANDS	3.512	3.783	-7.2%
12	12	LATVIA	2.981	283	953.4%
13	13	SOUTH KOREA	2.763	3.156	-12.5%
14	14	UNITED KINGDOM	2.475	3.128	-20.9%
15	15	BRAZIL	2.319	3.948	-41.2%
16	16	JAPAN	2.243	1.865	20.3%
17	17	COLOMBIA	1.597	1.622	-1.5%
18	18	THAILAND	1.475	1.148	28.5%
19	19	PANAMA	1.306	1.136	14.9%
20	20	VIETNAM	1.186	988	20.0%
21	21	INDONESIA	1.159	882	31.4%
22	22	TAIWAN	900	1.551	-42.0%
23	23	POLAND	850	1.053	-19.3%
24	24	PERU	812	761	6.7%
25	25	FINLAND	791	1.266	-37.5%
26	26	SOUTH AFRICA	785	580	35.3%
27	27	DENMARK	710	1.016	-30.1%
28	28	CANADA	698	843	-17.2%
29	29	SINGAPORE	581	444	30.8%
30	30	EGYPT	536	374	43.2%
31	31	MALAYSIA	521	537	-3.0%
32	32	PORTUGAL	483	855	-43.5%
33	33	BANGLADESH	433	298	45.3%
34	34	SWEDEN	426	572	-25.5%
35	35	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	337	339	-0.6%
36	36	LITHUANIA	332	220	50.9%
37	37	ECUADOR	312	324	-3.7%
38	38	SAUDI ARABIA	307	796	-61.4%
39	39	GREECE	298	418	-28.7%
40	40	PHILIPPINES	211	183	15.3%
41	41	ISRAEL	188	219	-14.2%
42	42	PAKISTAN	172	190	-9.5%
43	43	IRELAND	171	169	1.2%
44	44	NEW ZEALAND	153	158	-3.2%
45	45	CAMEROON	146	57	156.1%
46	46	AUSTRALIA	143	250	-42.8%
47	47	GUATEMALA	135	178	-24.2%
48	48	COSTA RICA	125	119	5.0%
49	49	ESTONIA	117	163	-28.2%
50	50	BULGARIA	115	91	27.1%
51		OTHERS	1.607	5.806	-72.3%
52		TOTAL	203.315	177.857	14.3%

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