Brazil’s bean exports reach 401,690 tonnes between January and September 2026, up 11.4 per cent from 360,500 tonnes in the same period last year. The increase is driven by mung beans, whose shipments surge 70.3 per cent to 304,260 tonnes, according to
Safras, a partner of TV BRICS.
Mung beans become the dominant product in Brazil’s bean export mix, accounting for around 75.7 per cent of shipments across the four categories analysed.
India is the main destination for Brazilian mung beans, receiving 245,560 tonnes, or approximately 80.7 per cent of total shipments. Brazil also increases mung bean sales to Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines.
“The growth in Brazilian exports does not represent a broad-based strengthening across different classes, but rather a greater share of mung beans, with demand significantly concentrated in India,” Brazil’s analyst Evandro Oliveira says.
Cuba records the strongest increase among the main destinations for Brazilian black beans, raising purchases from 2,890 tonnes to 6,770 tonnes.
The changing export structure makes international demand for mung beans the main factor supporting Brazil’s bean shipments, while common bean and cowpea exports depend on renewed demand from different markets.