Trade fairs 2007

BALANCE THE NETHERLANDS - BRAZIL

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Brazil and the Netherlands. An ever more intense relationship.
Trade between Brazil and the Netherlands is every year more intense. Brazil finds in the Netherlands 5,5% of its external sales and the Netherlands has become an important supplier to Brazil as well.

Largest Clients
.07	.06	Country	Participation in Brazilian Sales
1º	1º	United States	15,60%
2º	2º	Argentina	8,97%
3º	3º	China	6,69%
4º	4º	Netherlands	5,50%
5º	5º	Germany	4,49%

 

The importance of the Netherlands for Brazil
Bilateral commerce between Brazil and the Netherlands has been very intense. Brazil finds in the Netherlands, country-destiny of 5,5% of its external sales, its biggest market in Europe. The main products bought by the Netherlands are soy and its derivatives, citric products, oil,meat, poultry, non-ferrous metals, iron and steel, paper and pulp , among others. On the other hand, the Netherlands has been an important supplier of products such as animals for reproduction, chemical products, plastics, medical equipment, textiles, machinery, auto and parts,  etc. to Brazil.

Exportation BR -> NDL
.07	.06		US$ mi	Share
1º	1º	Soybeans	1.755	20%
2º	11º	Oil	648	7%
3º	2º	Paper &pulp	567	6%
4º	-	Oil rigs	556	6%
5º	5º	Orange Juice	505	6%
6º	4º	Poultry	465	5%
7º	7º	Iron & Steel	412	5%
8º	8º	Copper	370	4%
9º	3º	Aluminium	353	4%
10º	6º	Beef	352	4%
		Total Exports	8.841
Exportation NDL -> BR     .07 .06   US$ mi Share 1º 1º Oil 192 17% 2º 3º Medical Equipment 40 4% 3º 2º Plastics 34 3% 4º 5º Paper & Pulp 26 2% 5º 4º Pharmaceuticals 21 2% 6º 10º Textiles 16 1% 7º 16º Iron & Steel 15 1% 8º 8º Machinery& equip. 14 1% 9º 6º Auto & parts 12 1% 10º   - Chemicals 12 1%

Holland concentrates European commodities purchases

Holland climbed from the  7th place to the 5th among Brazil’s largests partners from 2006 to 2007. On the Brazilian side, the growth is due to the price hikes in agricultural commodities that was specially profitable, if considering that soybeans is the main product exported to Holland, with a total share of 20% of total revenue from sales in 2007. The overall trade between Brazil and Holland amounted to US$10 billion this year, up 53% in relation to 2006. Dutch purchase of soybeans reflects the growth of purchase in all the European Union, as Holland has the largest port in the city of Rotterdam that distributes products to other European countries.  The Oil exportation also stands in important position as the Brazilian revenue with the sales of the product grew 329%, reaching 648 million. 

With which countries Brazil had the Largest surpluses
.07	.06	Country	Surplus(US$mi)
1º	2º	Netherlands	7.725
2º	1º	United States	6.343
3º	5º	Venezuela	4.378
4º	3º	Argentina	4.007
5º	7º	Belgium	2.744
6º	4º	Mexico	2.281
7º	6º	Russia	2.032
8º	8º	Colombia	1.912
9º	9º	Iran	1.827
10º	19º	Spain	1.633

source: Yearbook 2008 - Análise Brazil International Trade.

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TRADE STAT'S

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In 2007, the share of agricultural products, metals and ores in the export agenda of Brazil represented 32.1%, the largest in the past few years.  Despite the shortcomings, Brazil knew how to take advantage of the boom in commodities the lasted until the first half of 2008.

Brazil, in 2007, exported around US$23 billion more than in 2006. The sales of oil, iron ore and soybeans accounted for almost one third of this difference. Oil, the second most exported product, rose 24 % and resulted in a revenue of US$15.8 billion for Brazil. The value added was what most grew, with US$3.1 billion more than in 2006. The second product that most added dollars to the Brazilian balance was soybeans, with US$2.1 billion more in comparison with 2006. The product that most climbed the export ranking was corn, the world trade for this product has increased since the US started encouraging the production of corn-based ethanol and shrank their share in the foreign market. On the other hand, the sugar and alcohol sector was affected by the an excess of offer and a sharp drop in prices. The Brazilian producers shipped  the shame amount of sugar and earned  17 %  less.

Despite the good records presented by the international trade, the exporters still have to work hard to get their job done. They have to overcome inadequate laws and heavy taxes to take their products from the fields  or mines to the ports. They are to be congratulated, as some export sectors have recently being the major players of  a radical change in the Brazilian economy.

Export Growth in  %					Export Growth in US$
.07	.06		Change		.07	.06		Added Value
1º	73º	Boats	418%		1º	1º	Oil	3.055
2º	3º	Beans	302%		2º	73º	Soybeans	2.075
3º	2º	Corn	297%		3º	3º	Ores	1.825
4º	42º	Milk	80%		4º	24º	Aircraft	1.460
5º	22º	Nickel	76%		5º	74º	Poultry	1.444
6º	20º	Cement	56%		6º	17º	Corn	1.431
7º	16º	Orange juice	53%		7º	10º	Chemicals	931
8º	71º	Cotton	50%		8º	4º