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Strong Increase in Brazil’s Iron Ore Exports

By Contributing Reporter · May 22, 2019 · 1 min read

By Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s iron ore exports rose sharply in the first half of May, data showed on Monday, recovering from a more than seven-year low in April, as higher prices encouraged sellers to close more deals internationally.

Until May 17th, Brazil exported 16.2 million tonnes, according to data from the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex), which is part of the Ministry of the Economy. In the whole of April, Brazil exported only 18.3 million tonnes, as the impact of miner Vale’s Brumadinho dam collapse weighed heavily.

The export recovery comes amid higher iron ore prices. On average in May, the price of iron ore shipped by Brazil was US$64.80 per tonne, compared with US$58.70 in April, according to Secex.

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B3 · São Paulo
Jul 15, 2026 · 14:39

Ibovespa · benchmark

175,707.73
-0.53%

L 175,288day rangeH 176,663

+29.78% over 12 months

Market breadth · 15 names

33% advancing

5 ▲ advancing10 declining ▼

Currencies, rates & key inputs

USD / BRL

5.08

+0.07%

EUR / BRL

5.82

-0.65%

Selic rate

14.25%

·

Brent crude

84.70

-0.04%

Iron ore

161.91

·

Sector heatmap · average move today

Materials

+0.75%

SUZB3

Mining

+0.73%

VALE3, CSNA3, GGBR4

Financials

+0.27%

ITUB4, BBDC4, BBAS3, B3SA3

Energy

-0.55%

PETR4, PRIO3

Utilities

-0.63%

ENEV3

Industrials

-0.72%

WEGE3, RENT3

Consumer Disc.

-0.85%

AZZA3

Consumer Staples

-1.64%

ABEV3

Latin America scoreboard

IndexLastTodayStrength

IbovespaBrazil
175,707.73
-0.53%

S&P/BMV IPCMexico
66,529.27
+0.85%

S&P IPSAChile
10,945.86
-0.71%

S&P MERVALArgentina
3,251,266
+0.68%

MSCI COLCAPColombia
2,294.60
-0.18%

BVL S&P PerúPeru
57,174.37
—

Full instrument board

Instrument	Last	Change	YoY	Prev.	High	Low	Volume
IBOV	175,707.73	-0.53%	+29.78%	176,641.10	176,663	175,288	—
USD/BRL	5.08	+0.07%	-9.15%	5.07	5.09	5.06	—
SELIC	14.25%		—	—	—	—	—
PETR4	40.39	-0.66%	+26.54%	40.66	40.80	40.23	13,968,700
VALE3	74.41	+0.54%	+38.03%	74.01	74.85	73.80	8,168,200
ITUB4	43.11	-1.19%	+26.82%	43.63	43.62	43.10	8,653,900
BBDC4	18.57	-0.32%	+15.40%	18.63	18.68	18.48	9,746,300
BBAS3	20.60	+0.05%	-1.39%	20.59	20.73	20.43	8,401,100
B3SA3	15.72	+2.54%	+14.57%	15.33	15.78	15.42	18,808,000
ABEV3	15.55	-1.64%	+17.18%	15.81	15.73	15.35	16,410,200
WEGE3	43.87	-0.75%	+10.59%	44.20	44.21	43.21	3,640,000
PRIO3	57.32	-0.43%	+36.09%	57.57	57.68	57.01	2,520,900
SUZB3	41.42	+0.75%	-17.90%	41.11	41.93	40.77	2,576,100
RENT3	40.26	-0.69%	+9.10%	40.54	40.66	40.25	1,496,000
AZZA3	18.69	-0.85%	-48.37%	18.85	18.91	18.58	490,700
CSNA3	5.15	-0.96%	-36.26%	5.20	5.22	5.07	7,298,700
GGBR4	23.93	+2.62%	+45.23%	23.32	24.22	23.09	9,571,800
ENEV3	27.00	-0.63%	+100.45%	27.17	27.35	26.75	4,040,600

Largest moves today

GGBR4
23.93
+2.62%

B3SA3
15.72
+2.54%

ABEV3
15.55
-1.64%

ITUB4
43.11
-1.19%

CSNA3
5.15
-0.96%

AZZA3
18.69
-0.85%

WEGE3
43.87
-0.75%

SUZB3
41.42
+0.75%

The session read

The Ibovespa eased 0.53%, with breadth negative — 5 of 15 names higher. Materials led, while Consumer Staples lagged.

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