🥭 Brazil puts its best fruit forward

Brazil exported USD 1.45 billion in fruit last year, a record high for the third consecutive year and a 12% increase from 2024, according to data from the export trade group Abrafrutas. And these gains came despite some of the country’s top export products, such as mangos and grapes, being hit hard by US tariffs between August and November.

While some fruits were able to divert US-bound shipments to other markets, others absorbed the levy by adjusting prices. As a result, revenue growth lagged behind volume, which surged 20% to 1.3 million tonnes in 2025.

Mangos serve as prime examples of this trend. Brazil’s top fresh fruit export kept its US share of overseas shipments at around 13% and recorded 12% growth in volume sold. But overall revenue fell 4% in the same period, as average prices dropped 21% from 2024…

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