Why is the basket so concentrated in petroleum?

Singapore is one of the world's biggest refining and marine bunkering hubs, and much of the US$ 3.40 billion in petroleum Brazil ships passes through for processing or redistribution. The declared destination here is more an entrepôt than a consuming market.

Brazil × Singapore January–October 2026 — Foreign trade

Singapore

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

Brazil ran a US$ 4.07 billion trade surplus with Singapore in January–July 2026, exporting US$ 4.61 billion against US$ 546.6 million in imports. Brazil sells about 8.4 times what it buys — the widest ratio among its 30 main partners.

The basket is almost entirely energy: refined petroleum totals US$ 2.49 billion and crude oil US$ 906.0 million — together 74% of exports. Singapore is one of the world's largest refining and bunkering hubs, which explains the profile. Imports are small and electronic. Browse the SH4 chapters below to drill into a specific commodity.

In trade with Singapore, Brazil closed January–October 2026 with a surplus of US$ 5.64B.

Brazil sold US$ 6.47B and bought US$ 829.08M, across 783 SH4 headings with data.

Exports BR → Singapore

US$ 6.47B

Imports Singapore → BR

US$ 829.08M

BR trade balance

US$ 5.64B

surplus · 783 headings with data

Top exports Brazil → Singapore


1	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	3,621,209,216	6,019,984.14	0.602
2	2709	Crude oil from petroleum and bituminous minerals	1,046,583,593	1,954,830.72	0.535
3	8414	Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters	420,023,621	11,511.12	36.489
4	0207	Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen	263,846,475	128,451.55	2.054
5	7202	Ferro-alloys	215,999,997	7,748.62	27.876
6	0203	Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen	130,178,422	49,992.29	2.604
7	8421	Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases	123,128,843	2,917.16	42.208
8	0202	Meat of bovine animals, frozen	102,903,312	18,261.25	5.635
9	8479	Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter	78,133,729	2,102.15	37.169
10	8419	Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens, and other equipment of heading 8514), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting	50,450,124	1,284.41	39.279
11	2601	Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites	36,470,932	566,335.37	0.064
12	7326	Other articles of iron or steel	32,905,105	986.03	33.371
13	1515	Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	22,031,943	17,064.02	1.291
14	3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	17,366,110	5,975.75	2.906
15	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	16,513,233	966.28	17.090
16	8537	Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and nume	13,365,411	263.43	50.736
17	3301	Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpe	12,397,290	1,032.86	12.003
18	3811	Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils	12,288,853	3,273.83	3.754
19	8411	Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines	11,878,050	0.79	14,978.625
20	8001	Unwrought tin	11,034,147	300.9	36.670

Top imports Singapore → Brazil


1	8542	Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies	265,135,480	33.41	7,935.100
2	8415	Air-conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated	60,456,723	13,947.24	4.335
3	8481	Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves	33,829,632	377.96	89.507
4	9027	Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or	31,058,433	98.30	315.956
5	3002	Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micr	30,774,000	0.32	97,386.076
6	9021	Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect	26,868,989	22.03	1,219.544
7	3902	Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms	20,345,324	9,353.61	2.175
8	8541	Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made-up into panels; light-emitting diodes; mounted piezo-electric crystals	14,780,257	10,337.14	1.430
9	9018	Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments	12,780,363	67.74	188.660
10	8708	Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of heading 8701 to 8705	12,021,065	3,369.90	3.567
11	2930	Organo-sulphur compounds	11,439,370	6,040.01	1.894
12	2701	Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal	11,003,802	81,795.73	0.135
13	8479	Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter	10,093,459	72.89	138.477
14	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	9,331,831	3,293.64	2.833
15	8419	Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens, and other equipment of heading 8514), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting	8,881,802	1,120.16	7.929
16	3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	8,754,594	4,878.15	1.795
17	8501	Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)	8,439,850	631.02	13.375
18	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	8,226,693	4,242.18	1.939
19	3811	Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils	7,273,176	2,280.53	3.189
20	7403	Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought	6,652,047	493.29	13.485

Frequently asked questions

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

Brazil holds a US$ 4.07 billion surplus: US$ 4.61 billion exported against US$ 546.6 million imported. Exports run at 8.4 times imports, the most favourable asymmetry among large partners in the window.

What does Brazil export most to Singapore?

Refined petroleum leads at US$ 2.49 billion, followed by crude oils (US$ 906.0 million) and air compressors (US$ 309.0 million). The two petroleum chapters together reach US$ 3.40 billion, about 74% of everything Brazil sold to the country.

What does Brazil import from Singapore?

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