Why is the scope of trade narrow?

435 SH4 chapters record movement, among the lowest counts of the 30 largest partners. Trade concentrates in few high-value lines: petroleum one way, protein and sugar the other, without the long tail of manufactures seen with Europe and industrial Asia.

Brazil × Saudi Arabia January–October 2026

Saudi Arabia

What Brazil sold to and bought from Saudi Arabia in January–October 2026: exports, imports, trade balance and the most traded HS4 chapters.

Brazil ran a US$ 273.3 million trade deficit with Saudi Arabia in January–July 2026, exporting US$ 1.79 billion against US$ 2.06 billion in imports.

The exchange is classic: Brazil sells food — poultry meat leads at US$ 611.5 million, followed by sugar (US$ 399.6 million) and frozen beef — and buys energy, with crude oil accounting for US$ 1.16 billion, more than half of imports. Fertilisers and polymers complete the bill. Browse the SH4 chapters below to drill into a specific commodity.

In trade with Saudi Arabia, Brazil closed January–October 2026 with a surplus of US$ 67.69M.

Brazil sold US$ 2.90B and bought US$ 2.83B, across 470 SH4 headings with data.

Exports BR → Saudi Arabia

US$ 2.90B

Imports Saudi Arabia → BR

US$ 2.83B

BR trade balance

US$ 67.69M

surplus · 470 headings with data

Top exports Brazil → Saudi Arabia


1	0207	Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen	923,401,901	375,940.4	2.456
2	1701	Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form	651,524,975	1,877,876.36	0.347
3	0202	Meat of bovine animals, frozen	299,565,815	48,729.69	6.148
4	1005	Maize (corn)	270,705,441	1,243,822.03	0.218
5	0201	Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled	104,935,161	16,019.49	6.550
6	4703	Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades	91,150,253	172,626.42	0.528
7	8504	Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors	83,520,415	4,272.75	19.547
8	0901	Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion	69,817,748	10,386.19	6.722
9	0102	Live bovine animals	54,170,472	18,727.21	2.893
10	4407	Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm	41,402,466	82,088	0.504
11	1001	Wheat and meslin	28,526,384	125,418.15	0.227
12	8701	Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)	26,232,520	2,599.1	10.093
13	1207	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken	25,567,718	22,682.08	1.127
14	2304	Soybean oilcake and other solid residue, wh/not ground	24,845,292	67,821.74	0.366
15	4810	Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (china clay) or other inorganic substances, with or without a binder, and with no other coating, whether or not surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (includin	17,818,844	20,508.12	0.869
16	8411	Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines	14,613,626	0.31	46,688.901
17	1515	Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	11,575,798	9,813.37	1.180
18	2101	Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof	10,962,154	829.76	13.211
19	0808	Apples, pears and quinces, fresh	9,686,807	10,076.35	0.961
20	2601	Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites	8,469,747	66,000.15	0.128

Top imports Saudi Arabia → Brazil


1	2709	Crude oil from petroleum and bituminous minerals	1,648,671,959	2,387,309.92	0.691
2	3105	Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg	328,044,537	410,712.7	0.799
3	2710	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic con	314,080,389	317,037.52	0.991
4	3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	167,888,833	155,761.47	1.078
5	2902	Cyclic hydrocarbons	155,786,964	149,528.89	1.042
6	3902	Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms	103,818,610	94,303.35	1.101
7	3817	Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes	36,362,280	16,670.19	2.181
8	3206	Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than those of heading 3203, 3204 or 3205; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined	27,179,390	11,980	2.269
9	2905	Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	11,248,088	23,739.82	0.474
10	3102	Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous	6,776,523	14,229.6	0.476
11	3903	Polymers of styrene, in primary forms	6,546,737	4,043	1.619
12	2922	Oxygen-function amino-compounds	6,194,305	5,146.61	1.204
13	4002	Synthetic rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip; mixtures of any product of heading No 4001 with any product of this heading, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip	3,895,724	2,700.42	1.443
14	2503	Sulfur of all kinds	3,639,380	4,500	0.809
15	3824	Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included	2,988,241	4,321.83	0.691
16	7801	Unwrought lead	2,009,165	883.68	2.274
17	2914	Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	1,959,864	1,948.49	1.006
18	3907	Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms	1,176,465	703	1.673
19	3920	Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials	1,053,631	548.94	1.919
20	2909	Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	830,648	683.75	1.215

Frequently asked questions

How large is the Brazil–Saudi Arabia trade balance in January–July 2026?

Brazil records a US$ 273.3 million deficit: US$ 1.79 billion exported against US$ 2.06 billion imported. The gap equals roughly 7% of total bilateral trade, a modest imbalance.

What does Brazil export most to Saudi Arabia?

Poultry meat leads at US$ 611.5 million, about 34% of the basket, followed by cane sugar (US$ 399.6 million) and frozen beef (US$ 175.7 million). Adding fresh beef (US$ 66.3 million), the animal protein block reaches US$ 853.5 million.

What does Brazil import from Saudi Arabia?

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