DOING BUSINESS WITH BRAZIL YOUR USBRAZIL TRADE ASSIST
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BRAZIL'S TRADING PARTNERS
Brazil’s top three trading partners by country – for the year 2012 – were China with total trade in goods of
US$75.4 billion, followed by the USA (including Puerto Rico) with US$59.4 billion, and Argentina with US$34.4
billion.
When compared with 2008, the year of the global economic crisis, Brazil’s exports in 2012 to all regions
expanded by 22.6 percent. The largest growth of 101.2 percent went to Asia, while exports to the USA (including
Puerto Rico) shrunk by 2.9 percent.
The diagram below shows the percentage of exports by region for the year 2012.
Source: Brazil MDIC/Secex, March 2013
Brazil's imports in 2012 increased by 28.8 percent for all regions when compared with 2008. Asia had the
highest growth with 46.1 percent, while imports from the USA (including Puerto Rico) grew by 26.3 percent.
Eastern Europe experienced the greatest decline with 23 percent.
The diagram below shows the percentage of imports by region for 2012.
Source: Brazil MDIC/Secex, March 2013
See next page for US-Brazil Trade 2005-2012.