# Infrastructure issues hamper Brazilian exports | World-grain.com | May 17, 2017 19:19 | World Grain

> World Grain reports Brazilian soybean exports are expected to reach record levels in 2017, with USDA estimating 61 million tonnes against 57 million from Brazilian sources. Brazil's export infrastructure, heavily reliant on trucking, is struggling to keep pace with the growth in production and exports.

- Date: 2017-05-17 · published 2017-05-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70903-infrastructure-issues-hamper-brazilian-exports-world-grain-com-may-17-2017-19
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Infrastructure bottlenecks in Brazil can delay soybean and meal shipments, supporting Brazilian port premiums and possibly lifting prices for alternative origins while tightening the timing of export supply.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-05-29 | [Strike halts grain exports in Argentina \| 2019-05-29  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58924-strike-halts-grain-exports-in-argentina-2019-05-29-world-grain.md) | +3.0% | +5.5% |
| SOY | 2018-07-27 | [Brazil still feeling the impact of truck driver strike \| World-grain.com \| July 27, 2018 12:18 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64059-brazil-still-feeling-the-impact-of-truck-driver-strike-world-grain-com-july-27.md) | +2.5% | -2.2% |
| SOY | 2022-03-03 | [Ocean rate spike could steer exports to US \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12925-ocean-rate-spike-could-steer-exports-to-us-world-grain.md) | +0.5% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2020-04-28 | [Low river, COVID measures hamper Argentina’s agricultural exports - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53490-low-river-covid-measures-hamper-argentina-s-agricultural-exports-grain-central.md) | +0.6% | +2.2% |
| SOY | 2018-10-19 | [Pending strike could hurt grain shipments in Argentina \| 2018-10-19  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62381-pending-strike-could-hurt-grain-shipments-in-argentina-2018-10-19-world-grain.md) | -2.5% | +2.9% |
| SBM | 2019-05-29 | [Strike halts grain exports in Argentina \| 2019-05-29  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58924-strike-halts-grain-exports-in-argentina-2019-05-29-world-grain.md) | +2.6% | +0.9% |
| SBM | 2018-07-27 | [Brazil still feeling the impact of truck driver strike \| World-grain.com \| July 27, 2018 12:18 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64059-brazil-still-feeling-the-impact-of-truck-driver-strike-world-grain-com-july-27.md) | +0.1% | -5.7% |
| SBM | 2020-04-28 | [Low river, COVID measures hamper Argentina’s agricultural exports - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53490-low-river-covid-measures-hamper-argentina-s-agricultural-exports-grain-central.md) | -0.7% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/8148-infrastructure-issues-hamper-brazilian-exports

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