Brazil’s agribusiness exports grow by 1.4% in 2025 despite US tariff war

Producers anticipated shipments to mitigate losses. Sueme explained that the agricultural sectors anticipated and promoted sales of products until August, before the tariff war imposed by US President Donald Trump on national products. ‘The strategy offset the reduction in exports to the American market, which occurred from August to November,’ she evaluates. China remains the largest buyer of Brazilian food. Agricultural exports to the Asian country increased by 10% and totaled $52 billion this year. Sales to the European Union also grew, keeping the trade block as the second-largest buyer of national products, with $22.9 billion. The United States ranks third despite a 4% decrease in purchases, totaling $10.5 billion.