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Supply chains and manufacturing: Brazil and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 1.86 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to China and bought USD 22.9 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 174 percent, from USD 9.04 billion in 2019 to USD 24.8 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 22.9 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 1.86 billion 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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 1.45Low 1.44 / High 2.272025: 1.86

20191.45
20202.27
20211.77
20221.75
20231.76
20241.44
20251.86

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 7.59Low 7.52 / High 22.912025: 22.91

20197.59
20207.52
202112.87
202214.58
202314.33
202420.64
202522.91

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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