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:

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.

REVENUE: MT ended 2020 with the highest revenue in the country in the export of agribusiness. The soy complex (grain, oil, and bran) was the main product on the list: US$ 35.24 billion and 101.04 million tons.

AGRIBUSINESS: Leads Brazil in cattle production, 27 million head.
CATTLE: The major producer of soybeans in Brazil, just under 30%.
ETHANOL: Mato Grosso is the largest producer of corn ethanol in Brazil. Formal jobs in the corn ethanol industry increased by 12.5%.
SOYBEANS: Mato Grosso is the largest exporter of soybean oil in the country.
SOYBEANS: area exceeds 11.81 million hectares (29.18 million acres).
SOYBEANS: 16 September 22, the date farmers can begin planting the 2022/23 crops.

COTTON: Produces 67% of Brazil's cotton. Ranked number 1 in Brazil, 4th in the World.
COTTON: (20/21): MT was responsible for 71.48% of the total volume exported.
COTTON: Mato Grosso ends 2022 with 9.2% higher cotton production.

CORN: The Mato-Grossense Institute of Agricultural Economics (Imea) maintained its estimate of corn production in the state in the 2021/22 harvest at 39.57 million tons. Mato Grosso is the leader in producing corn.
MT: Has 230,000 planted hectares of eucalyptus and 65,000 of teak. (2014 Imea).