date:Jan 21, 2013
ns of the country saw a decline in exports in 2012 from 2011. The sharpest fall was the Norths, down 15.19 per cent at US$ 17.692 billion sold. The Southeast, the leading exporting region in the country, saw an 8.36 per cent drop, at US$ 133.7 billion sold. The South posted US$ 44.015 billion in revenues, down 4.05 per cent from 2011. Exports from the Northeast were down 0.38 per cent to US$ 18.773 billion.
The state of Rio Grande do Sul was badly hit by a soy crop failure. In So Paulo and the