The logistical obstacles and the high prices of maritime transport, which made it difficult to import and export products in recent months, should still be a problem for Brazil in the first half of 2022, according to projections by the CNI (National Confederation of Industry).
This month, the price of a container coming from China, which cost around R$ 11.5 thousand in January 2020, reached R$ 74.3 thousand, according to the organization.
Bringing in goods from the east coast of North America has also become more expensive. The 12-meter-long container jumped from R$7,170 to R$54 thousand, on average.
Matheus de Castro, a specialist in infrastructure at CNI, recalls that the problem started at the beginning of the pandemic, with the closing of Chinese factories and terminals. The accumulated merchandise congested the transport service in the resumption of activities, raising the price and harming the Brazilian industry, which suffered from the lack of inputs.
According to Castro, queues at US ports have progressively reduced since their peak in September and October this year, but remain at high levels.
​Bottlenecks in Asian ports and new orders, in addition to the unpredictability of the pandemic, are expected to keep transactions in disarray in early 2022, particularly with China and the United States.
“It has a direct effect on the competitiveness of our product abroad. The pandemic period greatly affected the profitability of companies and any increase in cost harms the recovery of the economy and the capacity to export,” he says.
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