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Trade between Brazil and the United States

In 2024, Brazil exported $41.7 billion to the United States and imported $43.7 billion. Brazil ran a deficit of $2 billion with the United States, compared with a deficit of $6.2 billion in 2019. The United States was Brazil’s 2nd largest trading partner (13% of its trade), and Brazil was the United States’ 15th (2%).

Summary

Brazil → United States
$41.7billion
United States → Brazil
$43.7billion
Brazil’s balance
-$2billion

Balance

Brazil’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Brazil and the United States grew 3.9-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Brazil’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 41.7
  • Imports 43.7
  • Balance -2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$9.3 billion$12.8 billion-$3.5 billion
1996$9.7 billion$13.3 billion-$3.6 billion
1997$10.3 billion$16.6 billion-$6.3 billion
1998$10.7 billion$15 billion-$4.3 billion
1999$11.6 billion$12.6 billion-$1 billion
2000$14.1 billion$14.3 billion-$189 million
2001$14.8 billion$14.4 billion$465 million
2002$16.5 billion$11.1 billion$5.4 billion
2003$18.1 billion$10.3 billion$7.8 billion
2004$22.1 billion$12.3 billion$9.8 billion
2005$25.3 billion$13.4 billion$12 billion
2006$27.1 billion$14.9 billion$12.2 billion
2007$26.8 billion$19.5 billion$7.3 billion
2008$29.8 billion$26.9 billion$2.9 billion
2009$18.6 billion$21 billion-$2.4 billion
2010$22.6 billion$28.6 billion-$6 billion
2011$29.3 billion$35.5 billion-$6.2 billion
2012$29.9 billion$33.3 billion-$3.4 billion
2013$26.2 billion$36.8 billion-$10.7 billion
2014$28.5 billion$36.6 billion-$8.1 billion
2015$26.7 billion$27.6 billion-$824 million
2016$24.6 billion$25.4 billion-$820 million
2017$27.5 billion$29.2 billion-$1.6 billion
2018$29.1 billion$34.3 billion-$5.2 billion
2019$30.3 billion$36.5 billion-$6.2 billion
2020$22.5 billion$28.5 billion-$6 billion
2021$32 billion$41.4 billion-$9.4 billion
2022$38.5 billion$51.3 billion-$12.8 billion
2023$36.8 billion$39.9 billion-$3.1 billion
2024$41.7 billion$43.7 billion-$2 billion

What they sell each other

What Brazil sells to the United States

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Crude petroleum$6.2 billion · 15%
    12.2 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  2. Semi-finished steel$2.3 billion · 5.6%
    4 million tonnes
  3. Airplanes and helicopters$2.1 billion · 5.1%
    2 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  4. Refined petroleum$2.1 billion · 4.9%
    3.1 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  5. Coffee$2 billion · 4.7%
    454 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  6. Chemical wood pulp$1.7 billion · 4.1%
    3 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  7. Pig iron$1.5 billion · 3.6%
    3.3 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  8. Fruit and vegetable juices$1.2 billion · 3%
    1.3 million tonnes
  9. Bulldozers and excavators$1.2 billion · 3%
    143 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  10. Frozen beef$901 million · 2.2%
    181 thousand tonnes

What the United States sells to Brazil

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Turbojets and gas turbines$6 billion · 13.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$4.2 billion · 9.6%
    5.1 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  3. Natural gas and LPG$2.3 billion · 5.3%
    3.6 million tonnes
  4. Polyethylene$1.7 billion · 3.8%
    1.4 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Airplanes and helicopters$1.6 billion · 3.6%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Coal$1.5 billion · 3.5%
    7.2 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  7. Crude petroleum$1.5 billion · 3.5%
    2.3 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Vaccines, blood and antisera$1.2 billion · 2.8%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1.2 billion · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  10. Pesticides and herbicides$911 million · 2.1%
    23 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Santos to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Santos and Los Angeles is 7,549 nautical miles (13,980 km) long: ≈ 17.5–22.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Panama Canal.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$62.3 billion · 72.9%
  2. Air$23.1 billion · 27.1%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Brazil’s 2nd largest trading partner (13% of its trade), and Brazil was the United States’ 15th (2%).

The United States in Brazil’s trade
13.4%
The United States’ rank among Brazil’s partners
2nd
Brazil in the United States’ trade
1.7%
Brazil’s rank among the United States’ partners
15th

Compare with

Other partners of Brazil

Other partners of the United States

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.