# Brazil, other competitors close gaps on U.S. export markets | 2018-05-07 | Agri-Pulse | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Agri-Pulse's Export or Bust series reports Brazil is building ports, roads and rail to win overseas markets for soybeans and corn that US exporters have long served. Crops are moving via rivers and new infrastructure to ports such as Barcarena, shipping to Mexico, China and Europe.

- Date: 2018-05-07 · published 2018-05-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65059-brazil-other-competitors-close-gaps-on-u-s-export-markets-2018-05-07-agri-pulse
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Brazil's growing logistics capacity and competitiveness pressure US export share, limiting the upside for US soybean and corn prices over time.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-12-09 | [Tariffs, competition cloud future of China ag exports \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14699-tariffs-competition-cloud-future-of-china-ag-exports-agri-pulse-communications.md) | -0.6% | -0.2% |
| SOY | 2017-10-25 | [Mexican grain buyers haven’t given up on the US … yet \| 2017-10-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68430-mexican-grain-buyers-haven-t-given-up-on-the-us-yet-2017-10-25-agri-pulse-agri.md) | -0.2% | +1.4% |
| SOY | 2019-08-06 | [China revokes tariff exemption on soybeans \| 2019-08-06 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57445-china-revokes-tariff-exemption-on-soybeans-2019-08-06-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | +1.3% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2019-05-23 | [Farm groups cheer aid, but want end to trade war \| 2019-05-23 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59177-farm-groups-cheer-aid-but-want-end-to-trade-war-2019-05-23-agri-pulse-agri.md) | +7.3% | +10.5% |
| SOY | 2017-05-03 | [U.S. farm groups seek trade stability amid turbulence over NAFTA \| 2017-05-03 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70980-u-s-farm-groups-seek-trade-stability-amid-turbulence-over-nafta-2017-05-03-agri.md) | +0.8% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2019-12-11 | [Demand drivers absent as US farmers struggle with markets: Basse \| 2019-12-10  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9821-demand-drivers-absent-as-us-farmers-struggle-with-markets-basse-2019-12-10-agri.md) | +5.1% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2017-10-25 | [Mexican grain buyers haven’t given up on the US … yet \| 2017-10-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68430-mexican-grain-buyers-haven-t-given-up-on-the-us-yet-2017-10-25-agri-pulse-agri.md) | -1.4% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2019-05-23 | [Farm groups cheer aid, but want end to trade war \| 2019-05-23 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59177-farm-groups-cheer-aid-but-want-end-to-trade-war-2019-05-23-agri-pulse-agri.md) | +3.7% | +7.9% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/10943-brazil-other-competitors-close-gaps-on-us-export-markets

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