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Who buys Brazil’s ethanol? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Brazil exported $1.7 billion of ethanol (1.8 million tonnes), 12.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were Japan (27%), South Korea (25%) and the United States (12%). Brazil was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of ethanol.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
1.8million tonnes
Share of world total
12.5%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Japan468Tonnes: 342,606USD per tonne: $1,36627.1%Sea
South Korea428Tonnes: 365,589USD per tonne: $1,17124.8%Sea
United States204Tonnes: 276,587USD per tonne: $73811.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports106Tonnes: 113,382USD per tonne: $9366.2%Sea
Philippines101Tonnes: 159,060USD per tonne: $6385.9%Sea
Nigeria100Tonnes: 133,181USD per tonne: $7545.8%Sea
India51.4Tonnes: 93,429USD per tonne: $5503%Sea
Singapore re-exports50.4Tonnes: 57,555USD per tonne: $8762.9%Sea
United Kingdom42.8Tonnes: 60,425USD per tonne: $7092.5%Sea
Ghana27.2Tonnes: 34,749USD per tonne: $7811.6%Sea
Angola17.3Tonnes: 15,706USD per tonne: $1,1031%Sea
Cameroon16Tonnes: 17,103USD per tonne: $9370.93%Sea
Finland13.4Tonnes: 18,914USD per tonne: $7060.77%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire12Tonnes: 9,821USD per tonne: $1,2180.69%Sea
Saudi Arabia11.5Tonnes: 17,050USD per tonne: $6730.67%Sea
Kenya10.3Tonnes: 12,627USD per tonne: $8190.6%Sea
Dominican Republic9Tonnes: 8,823USD per tonne: $1,0210.52%Sea
Switzerland5.6Tonnes: 6,345USD per tonne: $8870.33%Sea
Republic of the Congo3.8Tonnes: 3,998USD per tonne: $9580.22%Sea
Colombia3.7Tonnes: 4,993USD per tonne: $7430.22%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Japan has been its main destination since 2024

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Japan 0.47
  • South Korea 0.43
  • United States 0.2
  • Netherlands 0.11
  • Philippines 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan0.070.47
South Korea0.010.43
United States0.010.2
Netherlands0.010.11
Philippines00.1

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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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