Imported soybeans from Brazil are being unloaded from the ship at the Longkou Port in Yantai, East China’s Shandong Province, on June 17, 2025. Photo: CFP

By Brasil 247 -According to a report in O Estado de S. Paulo, China increased its purchases of Brazilian soybeans by 31 percent in August compared with the same month last year.

That surge in exports to China was critical for Brazil in offsetting an 18.5 percent decline in soybean sales to the US. The growing agricultural ties underscore how Brazil and China have forged a reliable partnership amid global trade disputes.

The deepening Sino-Brazilian partnership reinforces Brazil's position as a strategic food supplier at a moment when Beijing is seeking to diversify sources of imports. Beyond soybeans, Brazil also benefited from a 40.4 percent increase in exports to Argentina, driven by automobile sales. Combined, those gains lifted Brazil's overall trade surplus in August by 3.9 percent compared with 2024, underscoring how active and pragmatic diplomacy is translating into stronger economic outcomes.

For decades, roughly half of US soybean production was destined for China. Now, American farmers are facing unprecedented challenges in finding buyers. For Beijing, prioritizing Brazil as a trusted trading partner is also a way of securing food security in the face of political and economic uncertainty in the US. Brazil is consolidating its role as a critical link in the supply chain of the world's second-largest economy. 

(Reported by Brasil 247 on September 15, 2025)