In December last year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 23.29 million mt, remaining almost stable compared to the previous month and declining 27.8 percent compared to December 2018, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase). In 2019, Vale's iron ore exports decreased by 20.5 percent year on year to 278.32 million metric tons.
Meanwhile, in December last year Vale's iron ore sales in its domestic market amounted to 1.42 million mt, decreasing by 13.3 percent year on year and up by 4.4 percent month on month. In 2019, Vale's iron ore sales in its domestic market totaled 16.05 million mt, falling by 10.3 percent year on year.