Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Brazil's exports to the United States fell 20.3% in September compared with the same month last year and totaled $2.58 billion, according to official data from the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services.
It was the second consecutive monthly decline since new tariff surcharges imposed by the Trump administration took effect. The measures added duties of up to 50% on several Brazilian products, including coffee, meat and manufactured goods.
The sharpest declines in shipments to the United States in September were in boneless beef, which fell 66% year over year; green (unroasted) coffee, down 29%; and prepared beef products, which dropped 20.5%.
Exports of beef tallow also dropped 7.1%, while shipments of semi-manufactured iron and steel products fell 7.7%.
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