With terminals totally focused on the soybean outflow, especially last April, the operators of the Eastern Export Corridor of Paranaguá Port (Corex) loaded 6,446,773 tons of vegetable bulk in the first four months of the year. The volume exceeded by 7.9% the volume shipped in the same period last year, 5,975,114 tons. Last April, despite the fact that corn was shipped through the eastern corridor, the volume shipped was 21.3% higher than the volume handled in April 2022, with 1,452,893 tons. In the 30 days of the last month, 1,762,599 tons of soybeans, in grain and bran, were shipped through the three berths. Of soybeans alone, the exported volume reached 1,409,056.7 tons; 91.6% more than the 735,401 tons shipped through Corex in April of last year. Of soybean meals, 353,542.2 tons were loaded in April this year against 345,570 tons in April 2022.
Source: Datamar News