In February this year, Para recorded 1,447,334,803 USD with exports, or about 10.15 % of those reached in the same period last year, when the country got 1,611,156,976 USD. The source amount is 163,822173 dollars less than last year. Data from the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC), and according to it, metal products, which are the largest part of 50 % of export decline to China, the main destination for government production.
Among the state’s productions, the sale of Ores is still the most expressive, however, it also contains a decrease. Metal products left 1,244,23,299 USD, in February 2024, to 834,814,697 USD by the same month this year, with a reduction of about 32 %. In values, about 409,408,602 USD is no longer raised.
Kanna Karajas municipality, in the southeast of the state, closed last month as a major product for crude, where he recorded the largest number of export, with 366,215,511 USD. Followed by municipalities such as Parauapebas (248,837,379 USD) and Marappa (153,052,243 USD), and also with the export of raw materials, and Archarina (320,704,343 USD) with chemicals and other minerals.
The main destination of the metal products exported by Barra in 2024 was the Asian continent, especially China, which was only in February 811,473,661 dollars of the amount that was collected with the goods. The Asian Authority also led the ranking in the same period this year, as it imported 397,685,406 USD, which led to a reduction in about 50 % in dollars.
In the evaluation of the international coordinator and export Victor Brando, the numbers reflect the “Trade War” scenario between the country and the United States. This happened after US President Donald Trump praised import rates on Chinese products, for example. With the punishment, the price of Chinese products based on some materials about, which affects the balance of Pará trade, because this is the main goods that the state exports to the country,
“These taxes directly affect the Chinese steel industry, which creates uncertainty about the future and a potential slowdown in the economy in 2025. These trade tensions between the United States and China directly affect exports of metal products in the state of Para,” he says.
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Given the quantities of exported raw materials and circulating values, Brandão calculates a difference of 6.6 % in a kilogram exported and 27.3 % in dollars, compared to the first months of this year and the previous. “The price of goods, calculated in the tons, was also reduced: by 2024, the average negotiating value was 109 dollars, while this value decreased in February 2025 to 85 dollars,” he explained.
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From the point of view of the FIEPA Federation, the state’s decrease in a joint movement at the beginning of the year, when “contracts are renewed or reviewed”. Cassandra Lobato, the International Business Center Coordinator (CISASASADRA LOBATO), is estimated that there is a change in this scenario as of April or May “this year.
In addition to the American international pressure, it adds low wood exports. According to her, “due to internal problems such as delay in issuing export and licensing licenses – which are specific to species such as kumaru and IPê”. The total bureaucracy and doubts abroad makes the business environment more challenging.
Despite the challenges, Lobato celebrates some positive data from the Pará trade balance at the beginning of the year. He says: “Bara managed to apply for a position in the national trade balance classification. We closed the third month in the balance of the balance and the fifth among the largest export countries in Brazil.” For the speaker, the importance of the state’s economy is still in the midst of the scenario of commercial pressure.
