The port of Santos accounted for 29% of soy exports in Brazil in June 2020, according to data from the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) of the Ministry of Economy. Of the 13.75 million tons shipped in the country, about 3,989 left the Santos terminals. With this, the port of Santos leads in the shipments of oilseeds in the month and also in the year. There, 19.598 million tonnes of the 60.35 million tonnes exported from January to June this year came out. The volumes, both for July and for 2020, are more than double that exported by the second place, the port of Paranaguá (PR), which totaled 1.742 million tons in June and totals 9.116 million in the year. The third largest soybean exporting hub in Brazil in June was the port of São Luis (MA), with 1.634 million tons. In the year, the port of Maranhão exported 5.569 million tons. The port of Rio Grande (RS) accounted for 6.032 million tonnes in 2020. In June, the port exported 1.529 million tonnes, ranking fourth among the main points of shipment of the national product. The port of Santos was also the main responsible for hipro exports in June, shipping 749.3 thousand tons of the by-product. Paranaguá was in second place, with 522.8 thousand tons and Rio Grande in third, with 205.4 thousand. Brazil exported 1.66 million tons of bran in the month. In the year, they are 8.51 million tons.
Source: Canal Rural