Exports of products affected by the tariff American 22.4% fell in August compared to the same month of 2024. Sales of items that did not suffer additional rates retreated 7.1%.
The finding is in Brazil-Eua Trade MonitorBulletin prepared by the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil (AMCHAM Brazil), a non -profit entity that represents more than 3,500 companies involved in trade between the two countries.
The analysis is done on data from the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC), which had already revealed that to the Brazilian exports For the United States they regressed 18.5% in August compared to the same month of 2024.
According to AMcham, last month’s data indicate that the US -imposed overcutments have caused a significant drop in Brazilian exports and have also contributed to the slowdown of imports.
In relation to unqualified products, AMcham evaluates that the drop of 7.1% was influenced “Especially due to market factors, such as the lowest US demand for oil and derivatives”.
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According to commercial partner
The United States is the second main commercial partner in Brazil, Losing only to China.
In the first eight months of the year, trade between the two countries reached US $ 56.6 billion. Our exports total US $ 26.6 billion and have a rise of 1.6% compared to January to August 2024.
But the isolated result of August meant the largest monthly fall of 2025, “indicating that the tariff influenced business decisions,” says AMcham.
Grocery
The application of rates of up to 50% for most Brazilian sales to the United States has become known as tariff.
Donald Trump’s government signed an executive order that stipulated the charge from August 6, but left about 700 products on a list of exceptions. These include orange juice and pulp, fuels, ores, fertilizers and civil aircraft, including engines, parts and components. Also left out products such as wood pulp, pulp, precious metals, energy and energy products.
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Trump claims that Americans have commercial deficit (buy more than they sell) with Brazil – which is denied by official numbers from both countries.
The US president also used as justification the treatment given by Brazil to former President Jair Bolsonaro, who considers to be persecuted. Bolsonaro is a defendant in the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for attempted coup d’état, in judgment that entered the straight final this week.
According to the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services, the 50% tariff focuses on about one third (35.9%) of Brazilian exports to the United States.
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USA with positive balance
The data show that, unlike the alleged by Trump, the United States sell more than they buy from Brazil. In August alone, this Brazilian commercial deficit was $ 1.2 billion, up 188% compared to the same month last year.
Already in the consolidated from January to August, the Deficit adds R $ 3.4 billion.
The business chamber survey shows that from January to July, the American deficit with the whole world is $ 809.3 billion, up 22.4% compared to the same period of 2024. But Brazil is at the other end of this account as the fifth partner that has the most accrual to Americans, losing only to the Netherlands, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates.
Import
According to AMcham, the impact of tariff also manifests itself on Brazilian imports, “especially in sectors more integrated with the American industry, such as coal, essential for the production of steel industry in Brazil”, that is, materials that Brazilian companies buy from the United States to resell Americans incorporated in other products.
In August, Brazilian imports rose 4.6%, but at a rate of expansion below those recorded at 18.1% (July) and 18.8% (June), indicating loss of dynamism in bilateral exchanges.
“The strong slowdown in the pace of Brazilian imports from the US signals an indirect effect of tariffs, reflecting the high degree of integration and intrafirm trade between the two largest economies in the Americas,” says AMcham President Abram Neto.
