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Where does Brazil get its solar panels and cells? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Brazil imported $3 billion of solar panels and cells (1.2 million tonnes), 3.8% of the world total. China sold 99% of the total, followed by Japan (0.4%) and Hong Kong (0.2%). Brazil was the world’s 6th-largest importer of solar panels and cells.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
1.2million tonnes
Share of world total
3.8%
World rank
6th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.9Tonnes: 1,238,888USD per tonne: $2,36498.7%Sea
Japan0.01Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $1,670,3570.36%Air
Hong Kong re-exports0.01Tonnes: 1,273USD per tonne: $5,2080.22%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 325USD per tonne: $13,0880.14%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 7USD per tonne: $487,8210.11%Air
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 15USD per tonne: $196,6210.1%Air
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $244,5560.08%Air
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 7USD per tonne: $273,8550.06%Air
Indonesia< 0.01Tonnes: 14USD per tonne: $139,7600.06%Air
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $450,4750.03%Air
Philippines< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $659,8630.03%Air
Mexico< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $351,6570.02%Air
Vietnam< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $326,1210.02%Air
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 11USD per tonne: $36,6550.01%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 77USD per tonne: $3,7850.01%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $24,1210.01%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $34,0350%Sea
Cambodia< 0.01Tonnes: 47USD per tonne: $2,9480%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $24,4330%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,027,2480%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2007

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

  • China 2.9
  • Japan 0.01
  • Hong Kong 0.01
  • Thailand < 0.01
  • Germany < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.012.9
Japan0.010.01
Hong Kong< 0.010.01
Thailand< 0.01< 0.01
Germany< 0.01< 0.01

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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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