Main Brazilian steel producers halted production and operations in distribution centers in the country's Rio Grande do Sul state due to local floods, but potential losses remain uncertain since the situation has not yet been resolved, the companies told Fastmarkets in written statements this week

Brazilian aluminium supply coming from Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) is said to have tightened, helping to boost the P1020A ingot premium, market participants told Fastmarkets in the two weeks to Wednesday April 24

The Brazilian Executive Management Committee for the Foreign Trade Chamber (Gecex-Camex) decided to increase steel import duties during one year to 25%, while establishing import volume quotas for 11 steel products, according to a document published on Tuesday April 23

Grains and soybean Prices have been dropping amid ample offers despite lower-than-expected output in 2023-2024

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-ALU-0002 alumina index, fob Australia and its MB-ALU-0010 alumina inferred index, fob Brazil, which were published incorrectly on Monday March 18.

The project also creates a traceability system for all diesel cycle fuels to help ensuring the quality of the fuels

Amid record volumes of imports, the Brazilian paper industry has joined steelmakers in requesting up to 25% import tariffs for certain products, which has worried importers and end users. In the wake of the Brazilian steel sector’s pleas in 2023, the Brazilian Tree Industry Association (Ibá) requested on January 16 that the government increase import duties […]

Fastmarkets proposes to split the current Brazilian aluminium P1020A delivered premium by launching two new domestic premium assessments to better reflect the two-tier market created by the different state value-added tax (VAT) rates, known as the ICMS tax.

Brazilian soybean prices are under further pressure from another bumper harvest and weak Chinese demand

Brazil's customs data revealed that soybean exports for the first two weeks of January 2024 has already surpassed the figure for all of January 2023