In Brazil, the National Supply Company (Conab) reported that the volume of soybean and corn shipped through the ports of the Northern Arc has increased by around 57% in recent years, rising from 36.7 million tons in 2020 to 57.6 million tons in 2024. This growth is the result of investments in multimodal infrastructure, with the railway system expanding and waterways increasingly used in the Amazon region, according to the report.
According to the report, the ports of Santos (SP), Paranaguá (PR) and those located in the Northern Arc (such as Itaqui, Barcarena and Santarém) concentrated 81.2% of Brazilian soybean and corn exports in 2024. The North region of the country alone was responsible for shipping around 38% of this shipment. “The reduction in freight costs, represented by the shorter distance between important production areas and ports and the internalization of fertilizers, to serve the central region A, has led market agents to prefer this route”, said Conab’s superintendent of Operational Logistics, Thomé Guth.
Among the ports of the Northern Arc, Itaqui (MA) and Barcarena (PA) stand out, where the volume of corn and soybeans exported between 2020 and 2024 grew by 80.3% and 70.3%, respectively.
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