
SAO PAULO, March 2 (Reuters) - Brazilian sorghum exports will be limited in the first half of 2026 by restricted supply, but Chinese sorghum trader Hang Tung expects more active business in the second half as the harvest arrives, its Brazil director-general told Reuters.
KEY CONTEXT
• Exporters compete with animal feed and ethanol producers for sorghum, limiting current supply, said Gabriel Cordeiro, Hang Tung's director-general in Brazil.
• Sorghum exports should increase from July onward when Brazil's second-crop harvest begins, Cordeiro said.
• China, the world's largest sorghum importer, approved 10 Brazilian companies to export the grain in November amid its trade disputes with the United States.
BY THE NUMBERS
• Brazil is expected to harvest 6.7 million metric tons of sorghum in 2025/26, up nearly 10% from last season, according to government data.
• Brazil shipped about 25 tons of sorghum to China in January, its first such export since 2014, government data showed.
• A larger cargo of 32,000 tons is set to be shipped to Morocco in early March, maritime agency Cargonave said.