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O Globo newspaper published this week a report on the Central Extractive Marketing Cooperative of Acre (Cooperacre), highlighting the visit of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on August 8 and the effects of the tariff tariff for Brazilian exports.
Lula visiting CooperaCre/Photo: Sérgio Vale
According to the publication, producers reported to the president that part of the production of Brazilians, formerly intended for the United States, is already being redirected to Europe and the United Arab Emirates. Cooperacre brings together over 3,000 families and directly impacts about 26,000 people in the state.
According to Kássio Almada, the entity’s commercial manager, the American measure worries: “This market is superimportant. It does not generate direct competition, because the United States does not produce nuts. We do not understand this fare,” he said.
Less crop in 2025, more uncertainty for 2026
The report explains that this year, the redirection was only possible because the chestnut crop fell 70% compared to 2024, which facilitated the sale to other countries. The concern, according to Almada, is with 2026, when the expectation is of higher harvest.
BRASIL BACK/Photo: Reproduction
Last year, 45% of cooperative exports went to the US in about 40 shipments. By 2025, so far, only one load went to Americans, while eight shipments, with 140 tons, were sent to Europe and the UAE.
Almada criticized the fact that the United States had kept tariffs over the peeling and dehydrated nuts, excluding only the peel nuts: “I think it was a mistake of negotiators. The United States do not have to benefit, there is no way to process the nut.”
New markets and alternatives
With the chestnut representing 80% of revenues, but also acting with natural rubber, pupunha palm, fruit and coffee, cooperation bets on diversification. China and neighboring countries appear as alternatives to avoid loss with tariff barriers.
Export is difficult, but we seek to diversify internal and external markets. The cooperative model adds value to forest products, preserves the environment and generates income and employment for the communities, added Almada.
According to the newspaper, the sovereign federal Brazil program will not be triggered by the cooperative, but the risk of excess crop in 2026 can change this scenario.
