Strategic Lens

Defence and arms: Brazil and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 10.2 million of arms and ammunition to Brazil.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 10.2 million of arms and ammunition, and Brazil sold almost none.

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 imports from China: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 7.2Low 7.1 / High 14.42025: 10.2

20197.2
20207.1
202110.2
202211.1
202313.3
202414.4
202510.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026