That dollar amount results from a 24.2% increase compared to $280.8 billion five years earlier in 2021.
Year over year, the overall value of Brazilian exports grew by 3.5% from $337 billion in 2024.
Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, the Brazilian real depreciated by -4% against the US dollar from 2024 to 2025. Brazil’s weaker local currency makes Brazilian exports paid for in stronger US dollars relatively less expensive for international buyers starting with American currency.
Brazil’s 8 biggest exports by value in 2025 were crude oil, soya beans, iron ores and concentrates, coffee, frozen beef, sugar, processed petroleum oils and non-dissolving chemical woodpulp. Collectively, that leading subset of Brazilian products represents over half (51.7%) of Brazil’s exports during 2025.
Brazil’s Best International Trade Customers
The latest available country-specific data shows that 64.6% of products exported from Brazil was bought by importers in: mainland China (28.7% of the Brazilian total), United States of America (10.9%), Argentina (5.2%), Netherlands (3.4%), Spain (2.5%), Mexico (2.2%), Singapore (2.13%), Canada (2.08%), Chile (2.07%), India (2%), Germany (1.9%) and Japan (1.6%).
From a continental perspective, 48.9% of Brazil exports by value was delivered to Asian countries while 17.1% was sold to importers in Europe. Brazil shipped another 15.2% worth of goods to customers in North America.
Smaller percentages went to buyers located in Latin America (14%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (4.4%) then Oceania (0.4%) led by Australia, Marshall Islands and New Zealand.
Given Brazil’s population of 213.4 million people, its total US$348.7 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $1,650 for every resident in South America’s leading economy. That dollar metric exceeds the average $1,600 per capita one year earlier.
Brazil’s Top 10 Exports
The following export product groups categorize the highest dollar value in Brazilian global shipments during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Brazil.
- Mineral fuels including oil: US$56.2 billion (16.1% of total exports)
- Oil seeds: $44.7 billion (12.8%)
- Ores, slag, ash: $34.9 billion (10%)
- Meat: $30 billion (8.6%)
- Coffee, tea, spices: $15.6 billion (4.5%)
- Vehicles: $15.1 billion (4.3%)
- Sugar, sugar confectionery: $14.34 billion (4.1%)
- Machinery including computers: $13.89 billion (4%)
- Iron, steel: $12.35 billion (3.5%)
- Woodpulp: $10.3 billion (2.9%)
Brazil’s top 10 export product categories exceeded two-thirds (70.9%) of the overall value of total Brazilian shipments.
Coffee, tea and spices represent the fastest-growing grouping among the top 10 export categories, up by 32.0% from 2024 to 2025.
In second place for improving export sales were vehicles which advanced by 26.8%.
Brazil’s shipments of meat posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 22.1% year over year.
The leading decliner among Brazil’s top 10 export categories was sugar including sugar confectionery, due to a -23.9% slowdown.
Note that the results listed above are at the categorized two-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level. For a more granular view of exported goods at the four-digit HTS code level, peruse the section below.
Searchable List of Brazil’s Most Valuable Export Products
At the more granular four-digit HTS code level, the following searchable table displays 100 of the most in-demand goods shipped from Brazil during 2025. Shown beside each product label is its total export value then the percentage increase or decrease since 2024.
| Rank | Brazilian Export Product | Value (US$) | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crude oil | $44,669,335,000 | -0.7% |
| 2 | Soya beans | $43,535,523,000 | +1.4% |
| 3 | Iron ores, concentrates | $28,960,723,000 | -3% |
| 4 | Coffee | $14,918,395,000 | +31.2% |
| 5 | Frozen beef | $14,446,230,000 | +43.2% |
| 6 | Sugar (cane or beet) | $14,108,638,000 | -24.2% |
| 7 | Processed petroleum oils | $10,442,820,000 | -10.4% |
| 8 | Chemical woodpulp (non-dissolving) | $9,169,900,000 | -5.8% |
| 9 | Poultry meat | $8,817,092,000 | -2.9% |
| 10 | Corn | $8,587,959,000 | +5% |
| 11 | Soya-bean oil-cake, other solid residues | $7,913,605,000 | -18.3% |
| 12 | Gold (unwrought) | $6,578,637,000 | +66.1% |
| 13 | Cars | $5,887,877,000 | +37.3% |
| 14 | Copper ores, concentrates | $5,012,572,000 | +20.5% |
| 15 | Cotton (uncarded, uncombed) | $4,928,616,000 | -4.4% |
| 16 | Aircraft, spacecraft | $4,220,560,000 | +12% |
| 17 | Iron ferroalloys | $4,050,320,000 | +11% |
| 18 | Iron or non-alloy steel products (semi-finished) | $3,871,076,000 | +0.2% |
| 19 | Aluminum oxide/hydroxide | $3,724,821,000 | +1.9% |
| 20 | Fruit and vegetable juices | $3,501,101,000 | -0.1% |
| 21 | Swine meat | $3,371,625,000 | +19.1% |
| 22 | Unmanufactured tobacco, tobacco waste | $3,145,178,000 | +13.4% |
| 23 | Trucks | $00 | +21.2% |
| 24 | Heavy machinery (bulldozers, excavators, road rollers) | $2,753,602,000 | +3.2% |
| 25 | Automobile parts/accessories | $2,483,601,000 | +0.4% |
| 26 | Fresh or chilled beef | $2,163,116,000 | +37.8% |
| 27 | Tractors | $1,992,143,000 | +49.5% |
| 28 | Pig iron | $1,673,720,000 | +1.3% |
| 29 | Soya-bean oil | $1,447,866,000 | +10.4% |
| 30 | Rubber tires (new) | $1,269,955,000 | +19.4% |
| 31 | Miscellaneous meat (preserved/prepared) | $1,212,759,000 | +10.1% |
| 32 | Piston engine parts | $1,209,814,000 | -7.3% |
| 33 | Coffee/tea extracts, concentrates | $1,181,831,000 | +20.6% |
| 34 | Chemical woodpulp (dissolving) | $1,076,914,000 | +29.3% |
| 35 | Monument/building stones, art | $1,060,393,000 | +15.8% |
| 36 | Live bovine cattle | $1,045,711,000 | +26.1% |
| 37 | Electrical converters/power units | $996,731,000 | +7% |
| 38 | Taps, valves, similar appliances | $942,676,000 | +44.4% |
| 39 | Ethyl alcohol | $933,972,000 | -11.2% |
| 40 | Medication mixes in dosage | $915,034,000 | +9.3% |
| 41 | Ethylene polymers | $841,892,000 | -4.2% |
| 42 | Aluminum (unwrought) | $832,509,000 | +13.6% |
| 43 | Alloy steel ingots | $818,840,000 | +4.4% |
| 44 | Sawn wood | $801,235,000 | +5% |
| 45 | Air or vacuum pumps | $794,574,000 | +0.8% |
| 46 | Electric motors, generators | $785,632,000 | -4.2% |
| 47 | Laminated wood (including plywood, veneer panels) | $769,122,000 | -8.1% |
| 48 | Iron or steel tubes, pipes | $745,160,000 | -16.7% |
| 49 | Miscellaneous machinery | $739,314,000 | +68.5% |
| 50 | Centrifuges, filters and purifiers | $705,275,000 | +11.8% |
| 51 | Miscellaneous furniture | $660,777,000 | -1.1% |
| 52 | Uncoated paper for writing/printing | $659,785,000 | -15.9% |
| 53 | Aircraft or spacecraft parts | $659,647,000 | +12.2% |
| 54 | Red meat offal | $643,134,000 | +24% |
| 55 | Petroleum oil residues | $642,972,000 | +84.5% |
| 56 | Oil seeds | $602,015,000 | +60.9% |
| 57 | Chassis fitted with engine | $582,027,000 | +34.4% |
| 58 | Other food preparations | $579,825,000 | +9.6% |
| 59 | Turbo-jets | $572,493,000 | +12.5% |
| 60 | Piston engines | $553,601,000 | +16% |
| 61 | Insulated wire/cable | $551,147,000 | +6.7% |
| 62 | Transmission shafts, gears, clutches | $550,327,000 | +0.2% |
| 63 | Automobile bodies | $533,436,000 | +39.7% |
| 64 | Other animal leather | $529,090,000 | -6.2% |
| 65 | Wheat | $527,451,000 | -13.3% |
| 66 | Bovine/equine leather | $523,123,000 | -19% |
| 67 | Pepper (dried/crushed/ground) | $522,456,000 | +81.2% |
| 68 | Harvest/threshing machinery | $520,550,000 | +7.1% |
| 69 | Salted/dried/smoked meat | $519,498,000 | +18.3% |
| 70 | Fats of bovine animals, sheep, goats | $519,023,000 | +52.6% |
| 71 | Miscellaneous animal feed preparations | $518,762,000 | +3.2% |
| 72 | Essential oils | $507,678,000 | -13% |
| 73 | Packaged insecticides/fungicides/herbicides | $494,577,000 | +6.1% |
| 74 | Shaped wood | $494,476,000 | -20.4% |
| 75 | Footwear (rubber or plastic) | $474,651,000 | +7.1% |
| 76 | Uncoated kraft paper | $469,945,000 | +16.2% |
| 77 | Rice | $457,919,000 | -18.4% |
| 78 | Dried shelled vegetables | $443,263,000 | +31.7% |
| 79 | Aluminum plates, sheets, strips | $439,639,000 | +24.1% |
| 80 | Liquid pumps and elevators | $00 | -0.9% |
| 81 | Hydrogen, rare gases | $422,203,000 | -10.4% |
| 82 | Melons, watermelons, papayas | $421,998,000 | +33.2% |
| 83 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes | $398,187,000 | -0.2% |
| 84 | Spray/dispersing mechanical appliances | $395,531,000 | +41.9% |
| 85 | Coated paper | $394,014,000 | -2.3% |
| 86 | Animal guts, bladders excluding fish | $379,883,000 | +9.4% |
| 87 | Cellulose fiber paper | $374,577,000 | -11.5% |
| 88 | Unroasted ground-nuts | $366,956,000 | +1.9% |
| 89 | Footwear (leather) | $358,862,000 | -3.8% |
| 90 | Ceramic flags, tiles | $353,873,000 | -3.1% |
| 91 | Wood carpentry, builders' joinery | $339,582,000 | -26% |
| 92 | Glycerol (glycerine) | $336,770,000 | +127.3% |
| 93 | Flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel products (plated/coated) | $325,571,000 | +3.4% |
| 94 | Peptides, other protein substances | $325,185,000 | +33% |
| 95 | Hydrazine, inorganic salts | $318,289,000 | +62.8% |
| 96 | Electrical energy | $311,482,000 | +61.6% |
| 97 | Bombs, grenades, ammunition | $309,584,000 | -3.7% |
| 98 | Cocoa butter, fat, oil | $307,557,000 | +8.3% |
| 99 | Plastic plates, sheets, film, tape, strips | $306,789,000 | -3.9% |
| 100 | Ligneous fiberboard including wood | $305,671,000 | +2.6% |
These 100 exported goods were worth a subtotal of US$308.9 billion or 88.6% by value for all international product sales originating from Brazil during 2025.
Brazil’s Major Trade Surpluses by Product Category
Brazil achieved an overall US$68.3 billion trade surplus for 2025 down by -7.9% from its $74.2 billion positive trade balance one year earlier in 2024.
The following types of Brazilian product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.
- Oil seeds: US$44 billion (Up by 1.9% since 2024)
- Ores, slag, ash: $34.3 billion (Down by -0.3%)
- Meat: $29.6 billion (Up by 22.6%)
- Mineral fuels including oil: $25.6 billion (Up by 11.5%)
- Coffee, tea, spices: $15.5 billion (Up by 32.2%)
- Sugar, sugar confectionery: $14.2 billion (Down by -24.1%)
- Woodpulp: $10 billion (Down by -3.5%)
- Food industry waste, animal fodder: $8.5 billion (Down by -17.6%)
- Iron, steel: $7.5 billion (Up by 4.6%)
- Cereals: $7 billion (Up by 7.7%)
Brazil has highly positive net exports in the international trade of oil seeds. In turn, these cashflows indicate Brazil’s strong competitive advantages under the oil seeds product category.
Brazil’s Major Trade Deficits by Product Category
Below are exports from Brazil that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Brazil’s goods trail Brazilian importer spending on foreign products.
- Machinery including computers: -US$33.2 billion (Up by 17.8% since 2024)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: -$25 billion (Down by -4.4%)
- Fertilizers: -$15.2 billion (Up by 14.2%)
- Pharmaceuticals: -$13.3 billion (Up by 19.2%)
- Organic chemicals: -$13.3 billion (Up by 10.1%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: -$8.3 billion (Up by 15%)
- Vehicles: -$8 billion (Down by -28.3%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: -$7.9 billion (Up by 0.2%)
- Other chemical goods: -$7 billion (Up by 16.9%)
- Ships, boats: -$5.3 billion (Reversing a $108.6 million surplus)
Brazil has highly negative net exports and therefore deep international trade deficits for machinery and assembled electronic equipment. Those loss-leader machinery categories encompass consumer electronics.
These cashflow deficiencies clearly indicate Brazil’s competitive disadvantages in the international trade market, but also represent key opportunities for Brazil to improve its position in the global economy through focused innovations.
Brazilian Major Export Companies
Twenty-five Brazilian corporations ranked among Forbes Global 2000. Below is a sample of the major Brazilian companies that Forbes included.
- Braskem (specialized chemicals)
- BRF-Brasil Foods (food processing)
- Cosan (food processing)
- CSN (iron, steel)
- Embraer (aerospace)
- Itaúsa (industrials conglomerate)
- JBS (food processing)
- Metalurgica Gerdau (iron, steel)
- Petrobras (oil, gas)
- Vale (iron, steel)
- WEG (electrical equipment)
Wikipedia lists many of the larger international trade players from Brazil, plus:
- Grupo Pão de Açúcar (retail including online)
- Oi (telecommunications)
According to global trade intelligence firm Zepol, the following smaller companies are also examples of Brazilian exporters.
- Afil Import Export E Comercio (garlic, flaxseed, corn)
- American Safety Razor Brazil (razor blades, adipic acid)
- Hapag Lloyd Brazil (containers, siliceous earths, white cement)
- Inergy Automotive Systems Do Brazil (combustion engine internal pumps, gas station external pumps)
- Vanguard Logistics Services Do Brazil (transmission belts, rubber/plastic molds, malt beer)
In macroeconomic terms, Brazil’s total exported goods represent 7% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2025 ($4.958 trillion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 7% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2025 compares to 7.2% for 2024. Those percentages suggest a relatively decreasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Brazil’s total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe.
Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Brazil’s unemployment rate averaged 7.154% for 2025, up from an average 6.925% for 2024 according to the International Monetary Fund statistics.
Brazil’s capital city is Brasilia, although many tourists still assume that flamboyant Rio de Janeiro is the country’s capital–at least for entertainment purposes.
See also Brazil’s Top 10 Imports, Brazil’s Top Trade Partners, Top Brazilian Trade Balances and Brazil’s Top 10 Major Export Companies
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles. Accessed on February 17, 2026
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on February 17, 2026
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on February 17, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on February 17, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on February 17, 2026
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Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on February 17, 2026
Wikipedia, List of Companies of Brazil. Accessed on February 17, 2026
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X-rates.com, Exchange Rates: Brazilian Real to US Dollar (monthly average 2025). Accessed on February 17, 2026
Zepol’s company summary highlights by country. Accessed on February 17, 2026