Foreign Trade
The State of São Paulo exported US$ 52.3 billion in 2018, accounting for 21.8% of all Brazilian exports. Some 40.1% of this value was generated by 15 products, namely: sugar (from cane and sucrose), aircraft, automobiles, pure alcohol, boneless beef, orange juice and coffee beans. The data were published by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC-2018).
Of the total number of exports, 15.96% went to the Mercosul trade block, 14.02% to the European Union, 30.23% to the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) and 22.47% was to North America Free Trade Area (NAFTA). For Asia, excluding Middle East, it is destined 20.67% of such products. Finally, among the main buyers, the following countries stand out: the United States (17.36%) and China (12.46%).
The State's importance for the global manufactured goods market is also evidenced by the import statistics: 36.80% of externally manufactured goods are purchased by the State of São Paulo. São Paulo accounts for 17.47% of all basic products imported by Brazil. China is the main external supplier to the state of São Paulo, representing 18.72% of imports, followed by countries like the USA (17.43%) and Germany (9.41%).
Find out more about some of São Paulo's main economic sectors.
| Value of exports from São Paulo — main products (2018) | |
|---|---|
| Products | US$ FOB |
| Crude petroleum oils | 4,500,854,168 |
| Other sugar cane | 3,304,557,869 |
| Other aircraft and other aircraft, of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000 kg | 2,341,017,657 |
| Soybean, whether or not broken, other than for sowing | 1,622,631,169 |
| Cars with an explosion-proof engine, 1500 <cm3 <= 3000, up to 6 passengers | 1,292,295,390 |
| Bovine meat, frozen, frozen | 1,056,611,774 |
| Onboard consumption - aircraft fuels and lubricants | 978,582,959 |
| Road tractors for semi-trailers | 926,440,548 |
| Other sugars of sugar cane, beet, chemically pure sucrose, sun | 856,634,143 |
| Other tandem bulldozers and angledozers | 791,503,751 |
| Juice (orange juice) | 742,240,177 |
| Chemical wood pulp | 655,846,522 |
| Other loading and digging and accessories | 647,268,459 |
| Other juices of oranges | 644,582,903 |
| Fuel oil | 572,175,558 |
| Total | 20,933,243,047 |
| Source: MDIC | |
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