Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: Brazil and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 48.8 billion of agricultural and food products to China and bought USD 729 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew 85 percent, from USD 26.8 billion in 2019 to USD 49.6 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Brazil sold USD 48.8 billion of agricultural and food products, against USD 729 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Brazil's exports to China: agricultural and food products

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Brazil

2019: 26.29Low 26.29 / High 54.32025: 48.85

201926.29
202029.44
202136.38
202245.76
202354.3
202442.67
202548.85

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Brazil's imports from China: agricultural and food products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Brazil

2019: 498.8Low 468.6 / High 728.82025: 728.8

2019498.8
2020502.2
2021468.6
2022514.1
2023476.5
2024681.6
2025728.8

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026