The US keeps its No. 1 rank among buyers of Brazilian juice, but its share slips from 44.3% to 38.4% and the value shipped drops sharply so far this year.
Chinese purchases of Brazilian poultry meat vault from 4th to 1st place in the 2026 year to date, reaching US$ 1,043,055,886, nearly double the prior year.
In Brazilian bran and cereal residue sales, China went from US$ 3,826 to US$ 85,936,216 between January and August, jumping 27 places among buyers.
Copper ore sold to Taiwan hit US$ 6.06 per kg in April, 12.7% above December 2025, but August topped that record with US$ 6.08 per kg in the data.
Gold shipments to the UK jumped 154% in March, then fell 50% in April. July fell 53% and August rose 116%: the data show alternating lots, not a trend.
Brazilian cotton sales to India hit US$ 46,602,292 in August, versus a typical US$ 4,385,019. A one-off spike or a demand shift? Signals to track.
The month-over-month pace of Brazilian rice shipments to Costa Rica jumped after a 97.5% drop, but much of the move reflects a low base and seasonality.
The month-over-month pace of frozen beef to Spain fell from +268% to +70.3% in August: shipments still grow, but the jump lost steam after a big run.
Coffee to the UK went from -67.1% to +131% in February, but the swings continued: March to August alternated sharp rises and falls, with no clear trend.
In April 2026, Brazilian soybean meal to Vietnam went from -41.7% to +138% in a month; May to August did not repeat it, and April remains the series peak.
Saudi purchases of Brazilian sugar vault from 8th to 3rd place in the 2026 year to date, reaching US$ 487,126,110, a 17.6% rise on the prior-year stretch.
An alert flagged a 58.9% drop in sugar exports to Morocco in July, but the data show $90.3M in July and $54.0M in August, above the level the alert cited.
India climbed from eighth to second among buyers of Brazilian crude oil, and the value it bought rose +234% in January-August versus a year earlier.
Coffee export value to Spain fell from US$ 38.9 million to US$ 29.1 million after the June 2025 event, down 25.2%, despite the expected market substitution.
Brazilian corn sold to China rose +610% in August, but the prior month started from a tiny base: a low-base rebound, not a confirmed inflection.
Iranian purchases rose from $94 M to $622 M between January and August, up 562% on the same stretch of 2025, lifting the country onto the podium.
With a 33.4% share of Brazil's ethyl alcohol exports in 2026 year to date, the Netherlands has overtaken rivals to claim the top buyer spot.
Argentina lost its spot as top buyer of Brazilian aluminum sheet, with its share falling from 34.9% to 21.9% year to date. See the full panel with official MDIC data
Brazilian crude oil sold to Portugal reached US$ 0.79 per kilogram in May, 37.5% above the prior record set in 2024. See the full panel with official MDIC data.
Brazilian raw cotton exports to Bangladesh shifted to a new level in May 2026, with the average shipped value up 111% since then. See the full panel with official MD
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