In this year’s first quarter, 632 thousand tonnes of fertilisers to be used in agriculture landed at the Port of São Francisco do Sul. This figure represented a growth of 26% compared to 2021 when 502 thousand tonnes of fertilisers were imported. The cargo that arrived at the port located in the North of Santa Catarina originated from Middle Eastern countries such as Oman, Iran, and Egypt, in addition to Canada and the United States. The 632 thousand fertiliser tonnes that arrived at the Port of São Francisco do Sul in the first quarter of 2022 represented 6% of all Brazilian imports of fertilisers, reaching 10.4 million tonnes in the period. At the end of March, the Port of São Francisco management issued a resolution favouring ships carrying fertilisers’ docking. The policy followed the Ministry of Infrastructure’s recommendations to secure the supply of the product.
Source: Datamar News