Brazil will import 119 thousand tons of wheat until September 16

Between 1 and 16 September, should land in Brazil around 119 thousand tons of wheat from the United States, from Canada, from Argentina and Uruguay, according to the maritime forwarding company Williams.
Of this total, 39.490 thousand tons will disembark at the 16 day this month in the port of Rio Grande Rio Grande. The volume will be brought in two ships: one of 23.750 thousand tons, of Transgrain, and another, of thousand tons of American 15.740 Cargill. Both boats bring the cereal from the port of Bahia Blanca in Argentina.
In the port of Santos (SP) landed on the 1st of this month 12.5 thousand tons of grain brought from Uruguay by the multinational Bunge, according to Williams.
By Northeast ports, entered between day 2 and 8 of this month, 67.906 thousand tons of wheat, from Uruguay, Canada and United States.
The Brazil is a net importer of grain, since it consumes 11 million tons per year, for a production that, this harvest, will be close to 7.7 million tonnes.
These imported volumes entering the market at the time of the harvest of a big production in major wheat-producing States in the country — Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul. This harvest 2013/14, Conab upped to 7.67 million tonnes of wheat crop projection in the country, compared to 7.5 million tonnes estimated in August. If confirmed this will be 38.7%, production in excess of 2012/13 when the country reaped 5.53 million tons.