Exports of Brazilian iron ore excluding pellets in August amounted to 34.406 million tons against 35.183 million tons in July, according to data from Secex— the Brazilian Secretariat for Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
The main volume of supplies came from Asia — 31.788 million tons, of which 27.646 million tons came from China. 1.211 million tons were shipped to Europe against 2.639 million tons a month earlier. In addition, shipments to South America totaled 565,100 tons, to the Middle East — 377,600 tons, to Africa — 333,400 tons, to Mexico — 131,100 tons.
At the same time, exports of pellets decreased by 5.5% and amounted to 2.745 million tons. Shipments went to Asia — 961,500 tons, Africa — 756,300 tons, Europe — 387,300 tons, Argentina — 316,900 tons, the USA — 235,300 tons and Trinidad and Tobago - 88,000 tons.
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