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Brazil will host the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), to take place in Belém, Pará, from November 10-21, 2025.

Brazil presents growth potential for consumer oriented products, especially among the 40 million high-income consumers who are open to new, quality imports, while the country's robust food processing sector offers significant prospects for inputs of U.S. commodities and ingredients.

Brazil and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are in the initial stages of potentially developing a dedicated soybean supply chain tailored to meet Chinese sustainability and quality standards.

Established in 2006, Brazil’s Soy Moratorium bans the sale of soybeans grown on land deforested in the Amazon biome after July 2008, significantly reducing deforestation linked to soy expansion.

Major bulk commodities, as a share of total U.S. agricultural exports, have risen and fallen dramatically since 2020. Beyond short-term price volatilities that have largely driven these developments, changes to the largest overseas market and an increasingly competitive landscape also affect the prospect for major U.S. bulk exports.

On February 22, 2021, South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) initiated antidumping duty investigations on bone-in chicken imports from...

Bovine semen exports from the United States to Brazil reached a record in 2020, and expectations are that 2021 could be another record year.

Post forecasts that the cattle herd will grow at three percent in 2021, and beef production is also forecast to increase three percent, reaching 10.4 million tons Carcass Weight Equivalent (CWE).

Brazil is perhaps best known as a major competitor for U.S. agricultural exports, but U.S. exports to the country have grown three-fold over the last 30 years, topping US $1.1 billion...

Post forecasts chicken production at 14.15 million tons in 2021, growing at a two percent rate due to strong external demand and increased domestic consumption.

On January 20, 2021, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sent newly inaugurated President Biden a letter noting that Brazil has demonstrated its commitment to the Paris Agreement.