A survey by FreteBras platform points out that the volume of agribusiness road transport in Brazil increased by 67.5% in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2020. The sector moved almost BRL 11.0 billion in the period. About 37% of the freights belonged to the agribusiness category, which handled BRL 10.8 billion. The data are from the 4th edition of the CarregaBras Report – The Road Cargo Transport in Brazil, based on the analysis of 3.44 million freights. The states of Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná accounted for a third of the industry’s cargo transport, followed by the State of São Paulo, which concentrates 14% of the cargoes. The most transported products in the first half of the year were fertilizers (29%), soybeans (13%) and corn (10%). The products that registered the strongest growth in cargo transport were fertilizers (+122%), watermelon (+112%), sugar (+66%), and rice (+54%).
Sources: Revista Globo Rural /Global Fert (*Translated by Ia Niani)