Brazil
Brazil is the third largest agricultural
exporter in the world behind the United States and
the European Union. Brazil ranks number one in
world production and exports of coffee, sugar, and
frozen concentrate orange juice; number two in
soybeans, tobacco, beef, and poultry; and is a major
producer and exporter of corn, pork, and cotton.
Agricultural trade between Brazil and the United
States exceeds $6.2 billion annually, of which
Brazilian exports account for more than 90 percent.
Brazil is a growing market for U.S. exports of
consumer-ready processed food products and fresh and
processed fruits and vegetables. Brazil is also a
significant importer of U.S. wheat. The United
States is a major importer of Brazilian sugar,
coffee, orange juice, tobacco, hardwood lumber, and
plywood. The United
States and Brazil share many interests regarding
development of and trade in products of agricultural
biotechnology. The success of Brazil’s sugar
cane-based ethanol program has made it a world model
for alternative energy. As the second leading
ethanol producing country after the United States,
Brazil actively promotes ethanol as a renewable fuel
worldwide.
Population: 196 million
GDP per capita: $6,940.00 (2007)
Agriculture: 6.1 percent of GDP (2008 est.) –
about 25 percent when agribusiness included
Agricultural Production: coffee, soybeans,
wheat,
rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus, beef, pork,
poultry,
cotton
Major Brazilian Agricultural Exports: beef,
pork,
poultry, oilseeds, sugar, coffee, tobacco, cotton,
frozen
concentrated orange juice, corn
Major U.S. Agricultural Exports to Brazil:
wheat,
consumer-ready products, cotton, intermediate
products,
feeds and fodder, sugars and sweeteners, and dairy
products
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