Brazil’s soy exports hit record in 2025, data from shipping agency Cargonave shows

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Soybean shipments from Brazil, the world’s largest producer and exporter of the oilseed, hit a record of 108.68 million metric tons in 2025, data from shipping agency Cargonave published on Monday showed.

The figure represents an 11.7 per cent climb from 2024, and comes after a record soy harvest in Brazil last year, as well as extensive purchases from China, which avoided buying the oilseed from the United States for much of the year due to a dispute over tariffs.

Soymeal and corn

• Soymeal exports also reached a record level, Cargonave data showed, surpassing 23.07 million tons in 2025.
• The figure compares to the previous high of 22.84 million tons in 2024.
• Brazil’s corn exports reached 41.7 million tons last year, almost 4 million tons above the 2024 level.
• Brazil is one of the world’s largest exporters of soymeal and corn.

— Reporting by Roberto Samora in Sao Paulo