The war between Russia and Ukraine has been aggravating the crisis in international logistics. Of course, this also increases the concerns of fruit exporters in Brazil. Russia is not among the main customers of Brazilian fruit growing. But the escalation of conflict worsened a situation that had been going on since last year: a lack of ships and containers, making freight even more expensive.
Guilherme Coelho, president of the Brazilian Association of Fruit Producers (Abrafrutas): “In 2020, we paid US$ 4,000 to ship a container of fruit to the US. Last year, the value doubled and this year they are already saying that it will cost US$ 11,000.”
One way out to try to send fruit to Europe is to use a cabotage route from Salvador (BA) to Santos (SP). Asked about the matter, the Minister of Infrastructure, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, said only that the “Legal Framework for Cabotage [approved in January this year and transformed into Law 14,301] creates new possibilities to increase the supply of vessels.”
Source: abrafrutas.org