Eating up the rainforest: China’s taste for beef drives exports
But agriculture continues to flourish, and the country is the world’s biggest beef exporter. Brazil supplied 43% of China’s meat imports in 2025, the consultancy Safras & Mercado calculated using...
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Inventory reduction and pulled supply in a Brazilian factory
The lean work across all Sabó operations in Brazil – the scope of the first A3 – led to a reduction of 61% of the capital employed in inventories, compared to the goal of 50%, while raising more than R$35 million for the company. The project enabled Sabó to achieve superior results using less capital, which is of great help in a time of crisis.
‘Deforestation-free’ soya farms still tearing down the Amazon
The US-listed commodity company supplies Brazilian soya to Spain. In 2025, Spain imported 878,000 tonnes of soya from municipalities with at least 7 sq km of hidden deforestation on soya farms. Cargill was also found to be shipping crops to Europe from affected areas.
The origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil’s beef
In this study, we provide a wall-to-wall subnational map of the origin and supply chain of Brazilian meat, offal, and live cattle exports from 2015 to 2017, a trade worth more than $5.4 billion/year. Brazil is the world’s largest beef exporter, exporting approximately one-fifth of its production, and the sector has a notable environmental
- What did the DOPS do?
- The DOPS was established in 1924. It was responsible for controlling and repressing political movements against the government. Under the military dictatorship installed in 1964, the DOPS was overseen by Sérgio Paranhos Fleury, who was accused of torture and homicide but died before trial.
- What does DOPS stand for?
- The Department of Political and Social Order (Portuguese: Departamento de Ordem Política e Social) or DOPS was a secret police organ of the Brazilian government, notably used by the Estado Novo of Getúlio Vargas and the military dictatorship established by the coup of 1964. The DOPS was established in 1924.
- When was the DOPS/GB established?
- The DOPS/GB was established in 1962 after Brazil’s capital moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília under the Carlos Frederico Werneck de Lacerda administration (1960-1964).
- How many chemical factories are there in Brazil?
- At that time, there were 973 factories for chemical products for industrial use. They are concentrated in the Southeast Region, mainly in São Paulo. The chemical industry contributed 2.7% to Brazilian GDP in 2012 and established itself as the fourth largest sector in the manufacturing industry.
- How many factories did Brazil have in 1889?
- At the time of its downfall in 1889, monarchical Brazil had 636 factories (representing an annual rate of increase of 6.74% from 1850) with a capital of Rs 401.630:600$000 (annual growth rate of 10.94% since 1850).
- What is the share of imported products in Brazilian consumption?
- In 1990, the share of imported products in Brazilian consumption was only 7%, in 2012 it was 30%. The main companies in the sector in Brazil are: Braskem, BASF, Bayer, among others. In 2018, the Brazilian chemical sector was the eighth largest in the world, accounting for 10% of the national industrial GDP and 2.5% of the total GDP.
