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Overview This page contains the latest international trade data for Ceará. In February 2024 Ceará was the number 17 in total exports and the number 14 in total imports in Brazil.

Exports In 2023, Brazil's Ceará exported $2.34B, making it the 17th largest exporter out of the 27 exporters in Brazil. In 2023 the top exports of Ceará were Semi-finished bars, iron or non-alloy steel... ($861M), Semi-finished products of alloy steel except... ($196M), Rubber Footwear with Straps ($75.9M), Fresh Melons (Excluding Watermelons) ($65.4M), and Other Rubber Footwear ($62M).

Imports In 2023, Brazil's Ceará imported $4.91B, making it the 14th largest importer out of the 27 importers in Brazil. In 2023 top imports of Ceará were Bituminous coal, not agglomerated ($409M), Photosensitive devices; assembled photovoltaic modules/panels ($212M), Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than... ($207M), Gearing, ball screws, speed changers, torque... ($159M), and Nucleic acids and their salts, other... ($124M).

Economic Complexity In 2023, the highest complexity exports of Ceará according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Utility Meters (0.56), Steel Ingots (0.39), Non-Retail Synthetic Filament Yarn (0.24), Hair Products (0.23), Mill Machinery (0.17), Tar (0.17), Other Edible Preparations (0.063), Iron Stovetops (0.047), Aluminium Cans (-0.048), and Metal Stoppers (-0.063). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Historical Data

Yearly Exports

Color
Depth
Top Destination (2023)United States$961M

In 2023 the top export destinations of Ceará were United States ($961M), Mexico ($239M), Argentina ($91M), Germany ($80.6M), and Netherlands ($68.4M).

In 2023 the top exports of Ceará were Semi-finished bars, iron or non-alloy steel... ($861M), Semi-finished products of alloy steel except... ($196M), Rubber Footwear with Straps ($75.9M), Fresh Melons (Excluding Watermelons) ($65.4M), and Other Rubber Footwear ($62M).

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Exports Dynamics

Fastest Growing Exports Destination (Feb 2023 - Feb 2024)
Vietnam $2.39M (823%)
Serbia $1.43M (464%)
Panama $651k (2.47k%)
Rapidly Declining Export Origins (Feb 2023 - Feb 2024)
United States -$36.1M (-56%)
Mexico -$23.1M (-58%)
Netherlands -$3.57M (-48.4%)

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Yearly Imports

Color
Depth
Top Origin (2023)China$1.24B
Top Import (2023)Bituminous coal, not agglomerated$409M

In 2023 the top import origins of Ceará were China ($1.24B), United States ($640M), Russia ($124M), Japan ($114M), and Argentina ($114M).

In 2023 the top imports of Ceará were Bituminous coal, not agglomerated ($409M), Photosensitive devices; assembled photovoltaic modules/panels ($212M), Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than... ($207M), Gearing, ball screws, speed changers, torque... ($159M), and Nucleic acids and their salts, other... ($124M).

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Imports Dynamics

Fastest Growing Import Origins (Feb 2023 - Feb 2024)
Australia $13.7M (2.07k%)
Colombia $9.74M (1.8k%)
Argentina $6.55M (76.4%)
Rapidly Declining Import Origins (Feb 2023 - Feb 2024)
China -$13.9M (-16.6%)
United States -$11.3M (-25.6%)
Netherlands -$7.75M (-96.6%)

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Economic Complexity

Economic Complexity of Ceará

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Economic Complexity (2023)-0.75

Ceará ranks 12th out of the 27 states in Brazil according to ECI.

The Economic Complexity Index, or ECI, is a measure of an economy’s capacity which can be inferred from data connecting locations to the activities that are present in them. For more info about Economic Complexity, visit the Economic Complexity page.

Estimated using exports data.

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Economic Complexity Ranking

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The economic complexity of a territory can change year to year. Ceará it is in position 12th considering its ECI in the last year.

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Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities according to the relatedness level, without considering those products were Ceará already has a comparative advantage, are led by Packing Bags (0.1), Knit Men's Shirts (0.1), Raw Sugar (0.1), Legumes (0.1), and Molasses (0.1).

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Most Complex Products by PCI

The highest complexity exports of Ceará according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Utility Meters (0.56), Steel Ingots (0.39), Non-Retail Synthetic Filament Yarn (0.24), Hair Products (0.23), Mill Machinery (0.17), Tar (0.17), Other Edible Preparations (0.063), Iron Stovetops (0.047), Aluminium Cans (-0.048), and Metal Stoppers (-0.063). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

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Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

The most specialized products according to the RCA index are led by Steel Ingots (503.95), Leather of Other Animals (501.01), Tar (402.66), Quartz (256.34), and Semi-Finished Iron (253.95).

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Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since Ceará is more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products it is currently specialized in.

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Relatedness Space

This network shows the products most related to the production structure of  Ceará. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Ceará exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

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Diversification Frontier

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk and the strategic value of a territory's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is a predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower emissions. Bubble size corresponds to exports value by year 2020.

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