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Brazil's infrastructure woes

Explaining Brazil

English - January 16, 2019 13:53 - 16 minutes - 7.73 MB - ★★★★★ - 121 ratings
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Imagine you are a Brazilian soybean producer located in the state of Mato Grosso, deep in midwestern Brazil, neighboring Bolivia. And you have clients waiting for your products in China. So, how do you get your soybeans to your Chinese customers? What would you say if I told you that the drive between your silos and Santos will be more expensive than the ship taking your grains all the way to the other end of the world to China? It sounds ridiculous, but it is true. Read show notes. 

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