Brazil shipped 835,400 kg of pharmaceuticals to Ecuador in 2025, up 75.4% above the multi-year historical average for the corridor, per MDIC data.
Brazilian exports of vaccines and immunological products to Russia climbed from US$1.4 M to US$12.9 M in two years, building an unlikely biotech corridor.
Through April 2026, China climbed from 14th to top spot, expanding share from 2.2% to 10.5% of Brazil's immunobiological exports, with FOB up 5 times.
Through April 2026, Puerto Rico surged from 9th to 1st place in Brazilian pharma exports, tripling FOB to US$113M and capturing 12.4% market share.
Brazil imported 2,357 tons of pharmaceuticals from China in 2025, against a multi-year average of 333 tons — a roughly 600-fold spike in a single year.
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