Integration routes across the continent could reduce trade costs
Feb, 05, 2026 Posted by Sylvia SchandertWeek 202606
The federal government officially launched the South American Integration Routes Program this week. One of the initiative’s main objectives is to reduce the time and cost of transporting goods between Brazil and its neighbors, as well as with Asia.
To achieve this goal, the proposal seeks to enable actions to integrate physical, digital, social, environmental, and cultural infrastructure among South American countries. The ordinance establishing the program, signed by Minister Simone Tebet and published in Tuesday’s (3) Official Gazette of the Union, formalizes five integration routes.
According to the program, the initiative includes the preparation of technical studies and applied research in different areas, such as transport multimodality, connectivity, energy and digital integration, geoeconomic cohesion, bi-oceanic connectivity, and cross-border and non-border perspectives within national territory.
Five routes
The infrastructure networks focus on five strategic routes designed after consultations with the 11 Brazilian states that share borders with South American countries.
The routes are divided as follows:
- Guianas Shield – northern Brazilian areas with French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and Venezuela
- Amazonian – northern Brazil, with Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
- Rondon Quadrant – northern and central-western Brazil, with Peru, Bolivia, and Chile
- Capricorn Bi-Oceanic – central-western, southeastern, and southern Brazil with Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile
- Southern Bi-Oceanic – southern Brazil with Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile
According to the government, the design of the five routes emerged after a 2023 meeting of South American leaders that set a regional integration agenda.
Among the government’s arguments is the fact that, over time, Brazil has prioritized trade with Europe and the United States via the Atlantic. The formulation takes into account that, in recent decades, production has shifted toward the Central-West and Northern states, along with a stronger increase in trade with Asian countries.
Source: Agência Brasil
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