With road transport costs likely to be close to double 1999's levels in 2001, Brazil's now privatized railway companies are intensifying their efforts to attract more of the 31 million tons soy crop. Moving the soy crop from the fields, to farms, silos, crushing plants and the ports costs about 20 % of the value of the crop. Currently, two-thirds of Brazil's soy is moved by truck, about 28 per cent by rail and five per cent by water. The average cost of taking a ton of soy to Brazilian ports is about USD 30, more than double what it costs in neighboring Argentina, where a much higher proportion of grains are moved by rail and where the average distance between farms and ports - either along the Parana river or on the Atlantic coast - does not exceed 300 km. The review briefly discusses some possibilities to shift crop transports from street to railway.


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    Title :

    Higher road transport costs stimulating Brazilian railways


    Additional title:

    Höhere Kosten für den Straßentransport nützen den Brasilianischen Eisenbahnen


    Contributors:
    Knight, P. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    1 Seite, 1 Bild



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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