The Foreign Trade of Brazil (South America) benefited from more dynamism of the emerging economies since 2002, when it started a geographical foreign trade diversification strategy, increasing the exports to Asia, the MERCOSUR, Africa, and the Middle East.
Brazil (BRICS Countries) also took advantage from the increase of the commodities prices
China plays a key position in the Brazilian International Trade. China became the main export destination of Brazil, in the lead of traditional trade partners like the United States,
Argentina or the Netherlands, representing 83% of commodities
imports (special soybeans and iron ore)
The United States, MERCOSUR, and the EU are the largest importers of the Brazilian products
Since 2007, Brazil has received a substantial foreign direct investment inflow owing to the investment grade rating
Foreign Direct Investment and stock market investments augmented up to 70% of the Brazilian foreign liabilities
Brazil jumped last year to the fifth place among the largest foreign direct investment
destination
Investment in Brazil grew from USD 26 billion in 2009 to USD 48 billion
Only the United States (USD
228 billion), China
(USD 106 billion), Hong Kong (USD 69 billion) and Belgium (USD 62 billion) received more foreign direct investment (FDI)
than Brazil
90% of the international trade of Brazil is imported and exported through the Brazilian ports
The Port of Santos handles substantial volumes of all modalities of international cargo and leads the ranking for general and containerized cargoes that usually entail higher value-added products