Paranagua port expects 7 mln tonnes of grains, meal in 1Q23 line-up

The terminal operators at the Port of Paranaguá anticipate exporting 40% more bulk vegetable solids in the first quarter of the year. From January to March, approximately 7 million tonnes of soy, soymeal, corn, wheat, and sugar are expected to be shipped. In addition, about 5 million tonnes of products were loaded in 2022 during the same period.

According to the projection of the operators, which considers data from 12 private companies and public silos (vertical and horizontal), soybeans alone would amount to almost 3.4 million tonnes shipped in the first three months of the year. Last year, around 3.3 million tonnes of oilseed were exported in the first quarter.

This year, according to the director-president of Portos do Paraná, Luiz Fernando Garcia, the expectation is positive in relation to the 1st soybean harvest (22/23). “Here in Paraná, specialists speak of a harvest around 60% higher this year,” he says.

The State is the main source of soybeans exported through the Port of Paranaguá, followed by Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Mato Grosso, and Goiás.

According to the State’s Department of Rural Economy (Deral), Paraná should harvest around 21.4 million tonnes of soybeans this year.

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Almost 1,680,000 tonnes of corn are expected to be shipped in the first quarter of this year. In addition, there were 1,208,000 tonnes of soymeal, 670,000 tonnes of sugar, and 46,500 tonnes of wheat.

In 2022, from January to March, 514,120 tonnes of corn were exported; 1,342,740 tonnes of soymeal; 424,238 tonnes of sugar; and 32,895 tonnes of wheat.

See below the monthly exports of corn (hs code 1005) and soybeans (hs code 1201) from the Port of Paranagua between Jan 2019 – Nov 2022, according to the DataLiner market intelligence tool.

Paranagua soybean and corn exports | Jan 2019 – Nov 2022 | WTMT

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Vegetable solid bulk is shipped at the port of Paranaguá through the AGTL, Cargill, Centro Sul, Cimbessul, Coamo (I and II), Cotriguaçu, Interalli, Louis Dreyfus, Rocha, Pasa, Bunge, Cavalca and public silos (operated by AOCEP).

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