Business · Trade · 8 hrs ago
Brazilian farm exports to EU rise 14.8% in first five months of deal
Brazil’s agricultural exports to the EU rose 14.8% in value from May to September 2026, compared with the same months a year earlier.
The increase came during the first five months of the Mercosur-EU trade deal’s provisional application, which began on May 1.
Shipments totalled $12.21 billion, with export volume up 8.1% to 17.74 million tonnes.
Soy products and meat led the growth: soy-complex sales rose 34.2% in value, while meat sales climbed 103.5%.
The deal gives some Brazilian products preferential access through lower tariffs, but reductions will be phased in and some products face import quotas.
Exporters must also meet EU rules on health, the environment and traceability to access the market.
Brazilian agribusiness exports to the European Union rose 14.8% in value in the first five months of the Mercosur-EU trade deal’s provisional application.
The exports totalled US$12.21 billion from May to September 2026, compared with the same period in 2025.
Shipment volume increased 8.1% to 17.74 million tonnes.
Meat exports rose 103.5% in value, while soybean-complex exports increased 34.2%.
The trade surplus with the EU grew 17% to US$10.54 billion.
- Who
- Brazilian agribusiness exporters and the European Union.
- What
- Brazilian farm exports to the EU rose 14.8% in value during the deal’s first five months of provisional application.
- When
- May to September 2026, compared with the same period in 2025.
- Where
- Trade between Brazil and the European Union.
- Why
- The Ministry of Agriculture said the increase was driven mainly by the soybean complex and meat exports; the article also says the deal facilitated the rise.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Mercosur-EU trade deal began provisional application.
Brazilian agribusiness exports to the EU totalled US$12.21 billion, up 14.8% in value from the same period in 2025.
- Export value
- US$12.21 billion
- Export growth
- 14.8% in value
- Export volume
- 17.74 million tonnes, up 8.1%
- Meat exports
- Up 103.5% in value and 170% in volume
- Trade surplus with EU
- US$10.54 billion, up 17%