Everyone knows that Brazil is one of the top commodity producers in the world, but do you know the Brazil also exports badminton rackets? Or tortoise shells? This article outlines some unexpected items exported from Brazil.
As the world’s sixth largest economy, Brazil ranks
third among the world’s major agricultural exporters and fourth for
food products. The Brazilian exports are basically composed of
commodities, that represents more than 70% of the total amount of
these operations, as informed by the country’s Foreign Trade
Association. The other 30% is equivalent to other products, more
specifically, to 4,292 different items and many of them are
unexpected.
Human Hair
Apparently Brazil is a huge exporter of human hair. In
2012 the country gained 115,693.00 USD with the exportation of 536
kilos of this product. Israel and the United States were the main
buyers of human hair.
Tortoise Shells
Tortoise parts granted Brazil almost 11,6 million USD
in 2012, with 4.502 kg of the tortoise's shells, horns and other parts
of the animal being exported abroad. New Zealand was the greatest
purchaser, buying 4,5 tons of it. But what is the functionality of a
tortoise shell? Well, basically people can make art with it. The
product is used for handicraft works, especially in Central America
and the Caribbean.
Lightning Rod
Brazilian weather is tropical, and being tropical the
incidence of rains throughout the country is very common, the place
has the largest occurrence of lightning in the world. So it's not a
surprise that Brazil is a producer of lightning rods and an exporter
of it. It is only the United States that imports lightning rods from
Brazil.
Badminton Racket
This item is more curious than weird, the country
doesn't have the habit or the culture of playing badminton, even
though it exports badminton rackets. Being this sport more popular in
Asian countries, the game generated to Brazil 1,297.99 USD in 2012.
But the purchasers of Brazilian badminton equipment aren’t Asian,
the only buyer of Brazilian badminton rackets is Aruba.
Ski Equipment
If the production and exportation of badminton rackets
sounds strange to you, the production and exportation of ski equipment should be completely weird. Brazil is a tropical country
with hot weather and a winter that's not so intense, but the country
is actually an exporter of ski equipments to other Latin American
countries and hot weather destinations, like Mexico, the Dominican
Republic, and Angola. Germany and Finland are also purchasers of the
Brazilian products that generated an income of 37,725.00 USD for
Brazil in 2012.
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