Brazil’s soybean export exceeds 800,000 daily tons through 3rd week of May

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s average daily soybean exports reached 842,900 tons by the 3rd week of May, up 19.5% over the same month in 2020, data from the Secretariat of
Foreign Trade (SECEX) showed Monday.

Shipments remain heated as the harvest of a record 2020/21 oilseed crop nears its end, but dropped slightly from last week, when it stood at 880,000 tons a day.

Also according to SECEX, average daily oil exports reached 301,700 tons by the 3rd week of this month, a drop from the 412,800 tons a day recorded in May last year.

In the weekly comparison there was also a slight retraction, given that up to the 2nd week of the month 364,300 tons were shipped daily.

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