Mit der Tarifhöhung verkauft Brasilien im August 18% weniger an die USA, aber die Gesamtexporte wachsen. Der Umsatz an China und Mercosur wuchs im Vergleich zu einem Vorjahr um fast 30% und half bei der Steigerung des Brasiliens Handelsbilanz

**With tariff hike, Brazil sells 18% less to the US in August, but total exports grow**

*Sales to China and Mercosur grew nearly 30% compared to a year earlier and helped boost Brazil’s trade balance*

In August, the first month in which the new 50% US tariff on most products imported from Brazil was in effect, Brazilian exports to Donald Trump’s country fell 18%, according to full-month trade balance data released this Thursday, 4, by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services. Revenue from sales to Americans dropped from $3.39 billion in August last year to $2.76 billion in August this year. The new tariff applies to about half of everything Brazil exports to the United States and has been in effect since August 6.

Revenue from everything Brazil exported to the rest of the world rose 3.9% in August 2025 compared with the same month in 2024, totaling $29.9 billion last month. Imports overall, on the other hand, fell 2% in the same comparison base, standing at $23.7 billion in August. As a result, the trade balance surplus—the difference between everything the country sells and what it buys from abroad—grew 35.8%, from $4.5 billion in August last year to $6.1 billion last month.

The decline in shipments to Brazil’s second-largest trading partner, however, did not prevent total exports from advancing and the trade balance from reaching a new jump, driven by a sharp increase in exports to other important destinations such as China and Mercosur.

Exports to China, which alone accounts for one-third of everything Brazil sells abroad and is the country’s largest buyer, grew 29.9% in August, to $9.6 billion. Shipments to Mercosur, in turn, rose 27.9%, to $2.2 billion. Meanwhile, sales to the European Union—which, when considered as a bloc, is the second-largest destination for Brazilian products—fell 11.9%, to $4 billion in the month.

https://veja.abril.com.br/economia/um-mes-apos-tarifa-de-50-brasil-vende-18-menos-para-os-eua-mas-exportacao-total-cresce/

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Donald is the gift that keeps on giving.

I like how Brazil can still sell airplanes – Embraer – tariff free into the USA. But coffee? Fuck your coffee. Tariffs. 

How is that supposed to bolster American manufacturing? 

By the way I like Embraer – ERJ – as an investment. They got a good rep and there aren’t that many airplane manufacturers in the world. Their airtaxi spinoff EVEX is worth a look too. 

Yes, America will never be the same or have the same global influence after the orange buffoon is done ruling. Such a large proportion of the world’s population is pivoting away from doing business with the US and the damage is sadly permanent as their unstable political system means you can never trust them to provide stability or honor any agreement.

Would like to see what happens when us and china go to war and USA shuts down the worlds oceans.