A survey by the National Association for the Diffusion of Fertilizers (Anda), released this Thursday (3), points out that Brazil has a stock of agricultural fertilizers only for the next three months.
The data were collected based on market data, together with research from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).
The war in Eastern Europe worries the Brazilian agricultural sector. The segment fears a shortage of fertilizers, since the Russians are the main suppliers of the product used in Brazilian crops.
Currently, Russia represents about 30% of the import of the input to Brazil. Fertilizers work like a compost, used to prepare and stimulate the land for planting.
In consultation with public data from the federal government, CNN found that Brazil imported more than 1,500 tons of fertilizer inputs from the Russians in 2021. In absolute values, Russia was only behind Morocco, which represents 37.9% of the Brazilian fertilizer market.
“The market is eyeing the conflict. The war worries a lot for the new suffering, which starts to be planted from the middle of the year, which is the soybean and corn harvest. That’s because Brazil is very dependent on Russia, which is the second biggest ‘player’ of the input for us. There is an alert on, yes”, said the specialist at Safras & Mercado, Luiz Fernando.
Also according to ANDA, the sector points out the difficulty in maritime logistics as the biggest problem for the segment, “because of the restrictions that temporarily inhibit the flow of ships to the conflict region”. The communiqué also highlights that the war “causes difficulties in transporting supplies, as recorded in operations in the Black Sea”.
On the other hand, the Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, during a conversation with CNN, this Wednesday (2), guaranteed that Brazil has “passage stock to arrive until the next harvest, in October”.
She pointed out that the situation in Eastern Europe is “worrying” and is being “monitored with caution” by the Ministry of Agriculture, mainly due to the fact that the country has “strong dependence on imports” of some fertilizers.
Source: CNN Brasil
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