Shipments totaled $7.89 billion, while imports from China rose 12.6%. Secex attributed the export decline in part to lower sales of beef, soybeans, iron ore and corn.
Brazilian exports to China fell 7.6% year over year in September 2026 to $7.89 billion, from $8.69 billion a year earlier. Imports from China rose 12.6% to $7.06 billion. Brazil posted a trade surplus of $830 million with China.
Herlon Brandão, director of the Department of Foreign Trade Statistics and Studies, said lower sales of beef, soybeans, iron ore and corn affected exports. Beef shipments fell 93.5% after a trade quota was reached, triggering an additional tariff and reducing export volumes, he said.
Higher sales to the United States and other countries partly offset the drop in beef exports to China, but not fully, Brandão said. China bought 53% of Brazilian beef last year, he said. Domestic demand may also have contributed to lower corn exports, while Brazil remains competitive in soybeans and can redirect shipments to other markets.
From January through September, exports to China rose 12% to $84.64 billion, while imports increased 9.9% to $58.62 billion. The nine-month trade surplus was $26.05 billion. The data were released by Secex and Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services.