Brazil Sourcing
The main exports are transport equipment, machinery, steel, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee and automotive parts with over 60% of exports manufactured or semi-manufactured. Brazil’s largest exports markets are European Union, United States, Argentina, China and Venezuela.
Worth Knowing about Brazil
What Should be Considered?
Brazil´s current growth offers significant export opportunities but is also a country with cultural and administrative complexities.
Prior to conducting business with suppliers, it is critical to conduct background checks and to align expectations on quality requirements. English is not widely spoken, with Portuguese essential, especially outside the major cities. To discuss your sourcing or procurement intelligence requirements from Brazil, please contact us.
It is therefore essential to check the background and adjust your quality expectations before doing business with Brazilian suppliers. The English language is not particularly widespread and knowledge of Portuguese is urgently needed, especially outside of the big cities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are answers to the most frequently asked questions. Please feel free to contact us. Use our contact form to describe the support you are looking for.
We can source any product or service from commodities to custom developed products. Check our Category Expertise section to see the range.
We work with small, medium size and multi-national companies that are looking to procure goods and services from emerging markets for export or to support their local operations.
We are supplier independent, we never take commissions from suppliers, and we conduct our procurement on an objective and documented basis.
From initial brief to quantifying the potential value opportunity, takes between a few days for categories we know well to 2 months for new categories.
To qualify a new supplier that has been identified as offering potential value, takes between a few weeks for simple off-the-shelf products to several months for complex custom engineered products.
contact us to discuss your requirements.