Cachaça suppliers in Brazil see recovery after pandemic

Production in Brazil’s cachaça industry seems to be experiencing a rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. After a year of global crisis, overseas sales grew again in 2021. Last year brought a 29.5 percent growth in the bulk of cachaça exported and a 38.4 percent rise in the sale value of exports compared to 2020. The data can be found in the Anuário da Cachaça 2021 (“Cachaça Yearbook 2021”), a document put together by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, released Thursday (Oct 13).

According to the survey, the total value of exports increased from $9.52 million in 2020 to $13.17 million in 2021. It is still, however, 9.8 percent lower than pre-pandemic levels. Also mentioned in the document is the number of importing countries. There was a small reduction from 2020, when 70 countries bought cachaça. In 2021, such countries totaled 67.

Paraguay and Germany were the main destinations of Brazilian cachaça traded internationally in 2021. The two nations accounted for 22.59 and 22.58 percent of the cachaça sold by Brazil abroad, respectively. They were the only countries to import more than 1 million liters of cachaça. The South American neighbor imported 1,631,503 liters, and the European country 1,630,407.

The figures, however, change from country to country. Paraguay is where cachaça is exported with the lowest average value, $0.81 per liter. The US, on the other hand, is the top destination of cachaça when it comes to the values. The country buys it with an average value of $3.85 per liter.