That dollar amount reflects a 27.8% increase compared to $219.4 billion five years earlier during 2021.
Year over year, the overall cost of goods imported into Brazil grew by 6.7% from $262.9 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 made Brazilian imports paid for in stronger US dollars relatively more expensive when converted starting from the Brazilian real.
Domestically, Brazil’s inflation rate for average consumer prices increased by 5.307% from 2024 to 2025 up from average inflation of 4.367% for the prior year.
Brazil spends the most on imported products led by processed petroleum oils, turbo-jets, automobile parts or accessories, cars then medication mixes in dosage. Those 5 leading products approached one-fifth (17.8%) of Brazil’s total imports by spending in 2025.
Given Brazil’s population of 213.4 million people, its total US$280.4 billion in 2025 imported goods translates to roughly $1,300 in yearly product demand from every person in the South American nation. That per-capita amount exceeds the average $1,200 for 2024.
Brazil’s Best International Trade Suppliers
The latest available country-specific data shows that 70.8% of products imported from Brazil was furnished by exporters in: mainland China (25.3% of the Brazilian total), United States of America (16.4%), Germany (5.1%), Argentina (4.6%), Russia (3.4%), India (3%), France (2.57%), Italy (2.52%), Mexico (2.22%), Japan (2.16%), South Korea (1.9%) and Chile (1.7%).
Applying a continental lens, 42% of Brazil’s total imports by value in 2025 was sourced from Asian countries. Trade partners located in Europe supplied 24.2% of imports sold to Brazil while another 19.7% was provided by exporters in North America.
Fellow Latin America nations plus the Caribbean but excluding Mexico furnished 10.8% worth.
Smaller percentages came from suppliers in Africa (2.9%) and Oceania (0.4%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
Brazil’s Top 10 Imports
The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Brazil’s import purchases during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Brazil.
- Machinery including computers: US$47.1 billion (16.8% of total imports)
- Mineral fuels including oil: $30.6 billion (10.9%)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: $30.1 billion (10.8%)
- Vehicles: $23.1 billion (8.2%)
- Fertilizers: $15.5 billion (5.5%)
- Organic chemicals: $15 billion (5.3%)
- Pharmaceuticals: $14.5 billion (5.2%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: $11 billion (3.9%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $9.6 billion (3.4%)
- Other chemical goods: $8.5 billion (3%)
Brazil’s top 10 import product categories generated approaching three-quarters (73.1%) of the overall value of its product purchases from other countries.
The fastest growers among Brazil’s costliest imported product categories were pharmaceuticals (up 17.8% from 2024), machinery including computers (up 14.4%) then fertilizers (up 14.1%).
The year-over-year decliners arose from Brazilian spending on imported mineral fuels including oil (down -10.7% from 2024 to 2025), electrical machinery and equipment (down -2.8%) then plastics both as materials and items made from plastic (down -0.2%).
Please note that the results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level. Information presented under the section below is at the more granular 4-digit product code level.
Brazil’s Costliest Machinery Imports Including Computers
In 2025, Brazilian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machinery including computers.
- Turbo-jets: US$11 billion (up 29.5% from 2024)
- Transmission shafts, gears, clutches: $2.37 billion (up 13.9%)
- Computers, optical readers: $2.37 billion (up 28.8%)
- Taps, valves, similar appliances: $2.2 billion (up 13.1%)
- Piston engine parts: $2 billion (up 10.6%)
- Air or vacuum pumps: $1.68 billion (up 6%)
- Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $1.65 billion (up 4.8%)
- Miscellaneous machinery: $1.59 billion (up 8.9%)
- Liquid pumps and elevators: $1.44 billion (down -10.4%)
- Machinery parts: $1.3 billion (up 14.9%)
Among these import subcategories, Brazilian purchases of turbo-jets (up 29.5%), computers including optical readers (up 28.8%) then machinery parts (up 14.9%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported machinery among Brazilian businesses and consumers.
Brazil’s Costliest Fuel Imports
In 2025, Brazilian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels-related goods.
- Processed petroleum oils: US$15.6 billion (up 2.3% from 2024)
- Crude oil: $6.6 billion (down -23.9%)
- Petroleum gases: $3.4 billion (down -19.1%)
- Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $2.5 billion (down -20.3%)
- Electrical energy: $910.7 million (down -12.5%)
- Coke, semi-coke: $688.9 million (down -33.5%)
- Petroleum oil residues: $578.1 million (up 0.1%)
- Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $191.1 million (down -20.9%)
- Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $80 million (down -6%)
- Tar pitch, coke: $68.7 million (up 4.4%)
Among these import subcategories, Brazilian purchases of tar pitch and coke (up 4.4%), processed petroleum oils (up 2.3%) then petroleum oil residues (up 0.1%) grew from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of mineral fuels-related imports among Brazilian businesses and consumers.
Brazil’s Costliest Electronics Imports
In 2025, Brazilian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electronic equipment including consumer electronics.
- Integrated circuits/microassemblies: US$5.6 billion (down -5.8% from 2024)
- Phone devices including smartphones: $4.3 billion (up 1.7%)
- Solar power diodes/semi-conductors: $2 billion (down -35%)
- Electrical converters/power units: $1.79 billion (down -6.6%)
- Flat panel displays: $1.71 billion (down -1.5%)
- Insulated wire/cable: $1.61 billion (up 11.6%)
- Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $1.55 billion (up 2.7%)
- Electric motors, generators: $1.2 billion (up 11.1%)
- Electric storage batteries: $851 million (up 1.6%)
- Electrical lighting or signaling equipment, defrosters: $809.2 million (up 15.3%)
Among these import subcategories, Brazilian purchases of electrical lighting or signaling equpment, defrosters (up 15.3%), insulated wire or cable (up 11.6%) then electric motors and generators (up 11.1%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported electronics among Brazilian businesses and consumers.
Brazil’s Costliest Vehicle Imports
In 2025, Brazilian importers spent the most on the following subcategories of imported vehicles.
- Automobile parts or accessories: US$8.6 billion (up 6.1% from 2024)
- Cars: $7.4 billion (down -10.8%)
- Trucks: $4.4 billion (up 3.8%)
- Motorcycle parts/accessories: $1.2 billion (up 22.6%)
- Tractors: $302.6 million (down -17.3%)
- Special purpose vehicles: $281.2 million (down -11.7%)
- Motorcycles: $265.1 million (up 82.1%)
- Public-transport vehicles: $224.1 million (up 17.6%)
- Trailers: $113.2 million (down -28.3%)
- Automobile bodies: $77.2 million (up 0.3%)
Among these import subcategories, Brazilian purchases of motorcycles (up 82.1%), motorcycle parts/accessories (up 22.6%) then public-transport vehicles (up 17.6%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentages within parenthesis clearly show where the declining demand lies for different types of imported vehicles among Brazilian businesses and consumers.
See also Brazil’s Top 10 Major Export Companies, Brazil’s Top Trading Partners, Brazil’s Top 10 Exports and Top South American Export Countries
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook: Country Profiles. Accessed on February 22, 2026
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on February 22, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on February 22, 2026
X-rates.com, Exchange Rates: Brazilian Real to US Dollar (monthly average 2025). Accessed on February 22, 2026