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State of Mato Grosso (MT)
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CAPITAL:
Cuiabá |
POPULATION:
520,000 |
STATE POP:
3.354,000 |
AREA:
906,806 km² (350,027 mi²) |
AG NOTES:
- COTTON: Mato Grosso exports more than 60% of national cotton fiber production.
- 2024: Mato Grosso is suffering a historic drought.
Losses to exceed 10%. Some say closer to 20% the state. - AGRI CITIES: Mato Grosso stands out as a giant in the Brazilian agribusiness scene, monopolizing the top three positions in the sector's richest cities.
- GRAIN PRODUCTION: Mato Grosso will be able to produce just over 94 million tons of grain, according to the 7th Survey of the 22/23 Crop by the National Supply Company (Conab). Production in Mato Grosso represents 30.1% of all national production. (26-04-23)
- EXPORTS: MT exports closed 2022 with revenue above US$ 32 billion. The balance of trade reached US$ 26.59 billion and ended the year as the largest in Brazil.
- AG SECTOR: Represented 90% of exports in 2022.
- AGRIBUSINESS: Leads Brazil in cattle production, 27 million head.
- ETHANOL: Mato Grosso is the largest producer of corn ethanol in Brazil. Form al jobs in the corn ethanol industry increased by 12.5%.
- CORN: The Mato-Grossense Institute of Agricultural Economics (Imea) In 2023, MT produced 52 mmt of corn.
- CORN: Corn consumption in Mato Grosso jumps more than 360% in ten years.
- SOYBEANS PRODUCTION: Ranked no 1 in Brazil.
- SOYBEANS: The major producer of soybeans in Brazil, just under 30%.
- SOYBEANS: Mato Grosso is the largest exporter of soybean oil in the country.
- SOYBEANS: area exceeds 12.1 M ha for 2024 (29.88 million acres).
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Corn Ethanol Plants in Mato Grosso
Gross Value of Agricultural Production by State in 2022
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