Tag: Exports

• Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 15:07 UTC

  Mercosur widens list of external tariff-free goods

  

  The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) countries will be allowed to add 50 product types to the bloc's common external tariff-free items, per an agreement signed in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil’s trade suffering the impacts of lower prices for commodity exports and rise in imports

  

  Brazil’s trade balance during February experienced a monthly deficit of US$ 323.7 million, the first since January 2022, (US$ 59,1 million). This compares with a trade surplus of US$ 5.13 billion in the same month a year ago. However despite the negative result, Brazil maintained a trade surplus of US$1.9 billion for the first two months of the year, according to Valor Economico, the leading financial media of South America’s leading economy.

• Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Uruguay: Exports grow 27% interannually in April

  

  According to a study from the government's Uruguay XXI Institute released Thursday in Montevideo, the South American country's exports of soybeans, beef, live cattle, and cellulose drove the total sales abroad to a 27% growth in April from last year's figures during the same month and a 5% increase in the first third of 2024.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2024 - 10:19 UTC

  Latin America exports in 2023 contracted 2,2%, and prospects for this year are uncertain, IDB report

  

  The value of exports from Latin America and the Caribbean contracted by 2.2% in 2023 after having grown by 17.0% in 2022, a new release from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) reports.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

  Uruguayan exports drop again in June

  

  Uruguayan overall exports fell sharply in June for the second straight month this year, as reported in Montevideo. The new decrease in foreign sales “was mainly explained by the negative variations in soybean and beef sales.”

• Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Brazilian 2022 agribusiness exports totaled US$ 160bn, up 32% from previous year

  

  Brazilian agribusiness exports totaled almost US$ 160 billion in 2022, up 32% over the previous year, influenced by the performance of international prices, according to the Secretariat of Trade and International Relations (SCRI) from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  Despite record exports in 2022, hard times ahead for the Chilean economy

  

  Chile managed a positive foreign trade year in 2022, with exports reaching almost US$ 100 billion, the highest in historic terms, and a surplus of US$ 2,85 billion. The Central bank stats points out that the US$ 97,5bn exports, a 3% expansion over the previous year was achieved despite a strong drop in the value of the country's main export copper, 14%, and an 18% contraction of overseas sales of the red metal.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 06:55 UTC

  Uruguay goods' exports up 16,5% in value year to year and reach US$ 13,36bn

  

  Uruguay’s goods exports grew 16.5% in value during the past year, to reach a record high of US$ 13.36 billion, according to the country's trade promotion agency.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  Brazil agribusiness exports US$ 160 billion in '22, but inputs have soared and '23 could see a return of protectionism

  

  Brazilian agribusiness exports should reach a record US$ 160 billion this year, which represents an increase of 32% compared to 2021, and a number that also was surprisingly high last year. But on the other hand input imports have never been so costly because of the international prices with inputs reaching almost US$ 50 billion, up 51% year to year.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 20:25 UTC

  Uruguayan exports fall in November but 2022 figures still good

  

  Uruguayan exports have fallen 13% yoy in November of 2022 after recording a growth of 20.3% for the first eleven months of the year when compared to the same period of the previous year, it was reported Tuesday in Montevideo.