Brazil shipped 6.608 million tons of corn in September. This represents an increase of 2.6% over the volume exported in September last year, and an increase of 2% than that of August. The data were released by the Brazilian government. In September 2019, Brazil exported 6.442 million tons of corn. Secex’s calculation considers unground corn in general, except for sweet corn. The revenue was of US$ 1.088 billion, which is a growth of 2.13% when compared to last year. In September last year, revenues from exports reached US$ 1.065 billion. Last month, the average price per ton of corn was US$ 164.60, down 0.4% from US$ 165.30 per ton a year ago. In August, the average price was US$ 161.80. The average daily volume shipped in September was 2.6% above the 306.8 thousand tons shipped daily in September 2019.
Source: www.istoe.com.br
*Translated by Ia Niani