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Where does Brazil get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Brazil imported $1.5 billion of electric cables (129 thousand tonnes), 0.9% of the world total. Its main sources were China (36%), Paraguay (18%) and the United States (9%). Brazil was the world’s 31st-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
129thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.9%
World rank
31st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China537Tonnes: 92,122USD per tonne: $5,83335.7%Sea
Paraguay275Tonnes: 13,314USD per tonne: $20,68418.3%Land
United States138Tonnes: 2,112USD per tonne: $65,4029.2%Air
Mexico91.1Tonnes: 3,091USD per tonne: $29,4606.1%Air
Germany62Tonnes: 2,016USD per tonne: $30,7734.1%Air
United Kingdom32.8Tonnes: 423USD per tonne: $77,4302.2%Air
Italy31.9Tonnes: 1,260USD per tonne: $25,3442.1%Sea
Japan28.1Tonnes: 795USD per tonne: $35,3261.9%Air
Vietnam24Tonnes: 745USD per tonne: $32,2861.6%Air
Thailand23.7Tonnes: 832USD per tonne: $28,5251.6%Sea
France21.7Tonnes: 470USD per tonne: $46,2101.4%Air
Sweden18.8Tonnes: 906USD per tonne: $20,7071.3%Sea
India17.7Tonnes: 660USD per tonne: $26,7351.2%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports16.8Tonnes: 4,610USD per tonne: $3,6421.1%Sea
Romania13.8Tonnes: 430USD per tonne: $32,0180.92%Sea
Czechia13.6Tonnes: 455USD per tonne: $29,9390.91%Sea
Norway12.5Tonnes: 692USD per tonne: $18,1380.83%Sea
South Korea12.2Tonnes: 323USD per tonne: $37,6940.81%Sea
Poland10.1Tonnes: 202USD per tonne: $50,1530.67%Air
Morocco9.5Tonnes: 171USD per tonne: $55,2850.63%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2006

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • China 537
  • Paraguay 275
  • United States 138
  • Mexico 91.1
  • Germany 62

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.32537
Paraguay0275
United States51.9138
Mexico0.3991.1
Germany19.762

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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