Brazilian iron ore exports (excluding pellets) reached 25.58 million tons in May this year, up from 31.71 million tons in April, according to Secex, the foreign trade secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
The decline mainly reflects lower exports to China - 20.562 million tons, down from 25.263 million tons in April. April.
The main destinations were Asia (22.74 million tons), South America (981,000 tons), Europe (797,300 tons), the Middle East (572,200 tons), Africa (351,800 tons) and Mexico (130,600 tons).
At the same time, pellet exports decreased by 15 percent to 2.44 million tons, destined for Asia (806,200 tons), Africa (738,200 tons), Europe (327,700 tons), USA (260,000 tons), Argentina (138,800 tons), Trinidad and Tobago (110,000 tons) and the United Arab Emirates (55 000 tons).
