Brazil and China have established a new maritime trade route connecting the Port of Santana in Amapa, northern Brazil, to the Port of Zhuhai, in China’s Greater Bay Area. The route is expected to significantly reduce both shipping costs and transit times for Brazilian exports, particularly from the Amazon and Central-West regions, reports
Toda Palavra, a partner of TV BRICS.
According to Brazil’s Minister of Regional Integration and Development, Waldez Goes, this strategic initiative opens a new window of opportunity for trade through the country’s northern corridor. He emphasised the route’s importance for the export of bio-based products, such as soy, fish, timber, cocoa, and other Amazonian goods.
Goes highlighted the broader strategic implications, noting that the route could enhance Brazil’s logistics network and offer greater profitability for producers in the Amazon and Central-West. He also underscored the growing trade ties between Brazil and China, particularly in areas related to the Amazon bioeconomy.
With China’s population of 1.4 billion and a growing appetite for products like honey, acai, chocolate, and coffee, Goes believes the demand for sustainable Amazonian goods is only set to increase. “It will take time, but the best strategy for the Amazon is industrialisation, adding value to local products, creating jobs, and generating income,” he said.
Earlier, a similar trade corridor
was inaugurated, linking southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality with Chancay Port in Peru. This route enables western Chinese cities to bypass congested shipping lanes by combining rail and sea transport. Chancay, South America’s first smart and eco-friendly deep-water port, has reduced shipping times between Asia and the continent from approximately 35 to 25 days.
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