The general strike in Brazil affected the global commodity market and a large number of coffee exports were suspended.

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Brazilian truckers protesting against high oil prices have begun to affect global commodity markets on the eighth day of the strike, blocking agricultural exports, such as soybeans, coffee and sugar, Bloomberg reported. Meat traders were forced to cull poultry because of insufficient feed, and sugar mills temporarily closed factories due to lack of fuel.

Brazil's main exports

Brazil's main export commodities, soybeans are the largest

According to Brazilian shipping company Williams, the number of ships waiting at the port of Santos increased from 10 to 18 between May 21 and May 25 due to delays. According to the port authorities, trucks bound for the port remained at a standstill on 28 days, resulting in a reduction in the volume of goods transported to the export terminal.

Soybeans

Chinese food giant Cofco suspended shipments from Santos, Brazil's largest port, because of a shortage of goods to fill the entire ship, according to people familiar with the matter. A spokesman for the company declined to comment.

Brazil is the world's largest soybean exporter. In the face of trade disputes between China and the United States, China has reduced its purchases of American soybeans and replaced some of its demand with Brazilian soybeans. However, with Brazilian exports blocked, China may be forced to re-import American soybeans.

Other soybean exporters say they have used inventories over the past few weeks to keep exports normal, but inventories are now at very low levels.

At Paranagua, Brazil's second-largest grain delivery port, five ships capable of carrying about 300000 tons of soy flour failed to sail as scheduled in the past seven days because they did not carry enough cargo, Port Authority press officials said on Monday.

Coffee and sugar

Due to a shortage of supply, three ships carrying pulp and sugar were unable to leave the port. Nelson Carvalhaes, president of exporter group CeCafe, told Bloomberg that coffee shipments had to be suspended at most Brazilian ports, while some factories supplying soybean oil, biodiesel and orange juice were also suspended because warehouses were full.

In Brazil, the world's largest sugar industry, most sugar mills have stopped harvesting sugar cane due to lack of fuel, and all factories and sugar cane suppliers in Sao Paulo state will be suspended until May 29, according to industrial group Unica.

Biosev, a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus, Brazil's second-largest sugar producer, said it had suspended operations at two sugar plants due to a lack of fuel and that other plants would run out of fuel within two days. INTL FCStone said in a report on Monday that sugar production in the south-central region could be reduced by 10.9 million tons in late May as a result of the truck drivers' strike.

Meat

JBS, the world's largest meat company, has stopped slaughtering cattle, pigs and chickens at home because it cannot deliver its products to customers or get enough feed, according to people familiar with the matter.

ABPA, an association of meat producers, said that 64 million chickens had been culled and that 1 billion chickens and 20 million pigs were still at risk due to insufficient feed given to the animals.