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Brazil Soybean Exports Surge, US Exports Down

September 17, 2022 0Comments 132Views

Brazil Soybean Whopping Exports Of $19B, US Suffering Losses

Brazil’s soybean exports are the highest ever recorded in 2022 with a whopping value of $19 billion. This is the highest ‘quarterly’ value registered by Brazil in years, with soybean exports accounting for an upward trend by the second quarter of 2022. The USA and Brazil are the top producers of soybean, with a contribution of over 60% of the whole world’s soybean production. This year, while soybean farming ploughing good results and exports, the farming industry in the US for soybean is affected and as a result, exports too. Soybean Production In The US and Brazil The production of soybean in the US and Brazil were in close war as the values almost nearing each other for both countries.

August 23, 2022 0Comments 122Views

Brazil’s Coffee Exports, At A 10-Year High Value, Reached $5B in 2021

Brazil is the world’s biggest coffee-producing country and fulfils about 40% of the demand by supplies to other countries. Brazil’s coffee exports are the highest in the world since it produces one-third of the coffee made in other countries. The total amount of coffee produced in Brazil for 2021 represents a drop as per different sources. Yet the value of exports for Brazilian coffee didn’t seem to decline. Even in a pandemic-struck world, the exports only grew and are expected to grow further. Brazilian Coffee Exports (2017-2021) Brazil’s coffee exports historical data represented below features the number of exports Brazil made in the past five years. In 2012, the exports amounted to $5.7 billion, followed by $4.5 billion and $6

July 19, 2022 0Comments 114Views

Caps and Closures Market Trend – Growth and Values (2021)

The caps and closures market consists of vast varieties that serve the same purpose for different industries yet in different ways. The caps and closures market consists of the medical & healthcare, food and beverages, cosmetic, and other industries. With different industries, the materials also change. Some different varieties of closures are stoppers (or pouring stoppers), bungs, screw caps, and seals. The global caps and closures market trend for 2021 valued at $65 billion, will go on to be valued at $85 billion by 2026 with a CAGR of 5.5%. Though there are different materials for caps and closures, this article will focus on the more general line of caps and closures market and give trade insights into the caps

April 8, 2022 0Comments 108Views

Rapid Expansion of Soybeans Farming Could Threaten Cerrado Savanna

Brazil could be hurled to being the world’s biggest producer and exporter of soybeans. The rapid expansion of soybean farming in Brazil is likely to destruct the Cerrado savanna. According to our database, Brazil is the world’s top soybean exporter, accounting for over 40% of total soybean exports. In 2021, soybean shipments worth US$38,638 million from Brazil departed to the global countries. Soybean acreage in Brazil has expanded from roughly 25 million hectares in 2011-12 to nearly 40 million hectares in 2021-22, an astounding growth rate of 60%. Most analysts attribute the surging soybean prices as the primary factor in the beans acreage expansion in Brazil. Soybean Exports From Brazil in a Decade Brazil is the world’s top exporter

Cocoa Bilateral Trade and Cocoa Trade Policies

September 11, 2021 0Comments 136Views

Cocoa War Between Countries Bringing Up Major ESG Concerns

The cocoa industry is one of the most prominent and largest industries in the world. On average, cocoa farmers produce over 4 million tons of cocoa annually. The cocoa industry begins from the farming of cocoa beans which later get processed into cocoa liquor, and then into the final cocoa-based products such as cocoa butter and powder, and many other commodities. The largest producers of cocoa beans are the two countries in the African continent, i.e., Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Both countries account for almost two-thirds of the cocoa production in the world, contributing almost more than 50% (around 60% or so) of the world’s cocoa production. While the biggest ‘producers’ of cocoa beans are in the African continent, the