According to the statistics provided by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase), in July this year Brazil's iron ore exports amounted to 21.38 million metric tons, rising by 35.97 percent year on year.
The share of the world's largest iron ore exporter Vale in Brazil's total iron ore exports in July equalled 89.94 percent, amounting to 19.23 million metric tons, up 43.86 percent year on year.
Meanwhile in the first seven months of 2010 Brazilian iron ore exports rose by 24.91 percent year on year, reaching 150.18 million metric tons.
Vale's share in Brazil's total iron ore exports in the January-July period of this year reached 89.6 percent, amounting to 134.57 million metric tons, up 20.96 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2009.