Each year, the Soybean Transportation Guide: Brazil analyzes the major changes and events in the total cost of shipping soybeans from Brazil to major export markets. It provides data on the cost of shipping soybeans via highways and ships to Shanghai, China, and Hamburg, Germany, and gives information about soybean production, exports, railways, ports, and infrastructural developments.
Datasets: 2025 Edition
- Table 1. Cost of transporting Brazilian soybeans from the southern ports to Shanghai, China, 2006-25 (xlsx)
- Table 2. Cost of transporting Brazilian soybeans from the southern ports to Hamburg, Germany, 2006-25 (xlsx)
- Table 3. Cost of transporting Brazilian soybeans from the northern and northeastern ports to Shanghai, China, 2015-25 (xlsx)
- Table 4. Cost of transporting Brazilian soybeans from the northern and northeastern ports to Hamburg, Germany, 2015-25 (xlsx)
- Table 10. Quarterly costs of transporting Brazilian soybeans from the southern ports to Shanghai, China, 2025 (xlsx)
- Table 11. Quarterly costs of transporting Brazilian soybeans from the southern ports to Hamburg, Germany, 2025 (xlsx)
- Table 12. Quarterly costs of transporting Brazilian soybeans from the northern and northeastern ports to Shanghai, China, 2025 (xlsx)
- Table 13. Quarterly costs of transporting Brazilian soybeans from the northern and northeastern ports to Hamburg, Germany, 2025 (xlsx)
- Table 14. Quarterly truck rates for selected Brazilian soybean export transportation routes, 2025 (xlsx)
- Table 15. Monthly Brazilian soybean export truck transportation cost index, 2005-25 (xlsx)
- Tables 16 & 17. Quarterly ocean freight rates for shipping soybeans from selected Brazilian ports to Germany and China, 2005-25 (xlsx)
Last updated: September 25, 2026
For more information, contact Delmy L. Salin