Recent years have witnessed progressive competitiveness of Brazilian commodities, mainly soya beans and corn (maize), which exports have exceeded those of traditional grain producers, such as the United States and Argentina, making Brazil the world’s largest exporter of these agricultural products. Successive record crops and the increasing demands of the consumer markets, principally China, have led to increasing bottlenecks in the already overburdened grain ports in the South and Southeast regions, resulting in higher transportation costs and longer journeys from … Continue lendo Brazil’s Northern Arc ports