According to provisional customs data Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil iron ore exports are expected to be 3.8 percent higher in 2018 year-on-year. In 2018, Brazil is estimated to have exported 394.25 million mt while it exported 379.95 million mt in 2017.
*Slight differences noted in numbers due to rounding, source reports, and possible retroactive adjustments to statistical data compared to previous monthly reports. Variance found to be relatively negligible. For example, 33.96 million mt in previous SteelOrbis report for November iron exports and 33.97 million mt in the table below.
|
Exports |
2018 million mt |
2017 million mt |
|
Jan |
30.44 |
28.92 |
|
Feb |
23.79 |
25.73 |
|
Mar |
29.95 |
36.40 |
|
Apr |
25.88 |
24.05 |
|
May |
38.98 |
35.11 |
|
Jun |
35.31 |
33.79 |
|
Jul |
36.00 |
31.31 |
|
Aug |
35.62 |
30.10 |
|
Sep |
33.90 |
31.93 |
|
Oct |
37.20 |
35.26 |
|
Nov |
33.97 |
34.15 |
|
Dec (estimate 2018) |
33.21 |
33.20 |
|
Total |
394.25 |
379.95 |