The export of products with low added value was 15 times greater than the sale of high technology items in 2025, according to survey published this Tuesday (26) bythe CNI (National Confederation of Industry).
Based on data from Funcex (Foundation Center for Foreign Trade Studies), the entity points out that they were exported US$ 9.1 billion in “high technology” productswhile those of “lower technological intensity” totaled US$ 130.7 billion last year.
Exports of products from high added value had an increase of 7.7% compared to 2024.
However, this segment represented only 2.7% of the total value traded with the world, while industrialized goods with low added value accounted for 37.5% of everything sold by Brazil in 2025.
According to the CNI, this scenario of inequality between the characteristics of the export agenda poses “risks to Brazilian competitiveness” in the global market.
“Quality economic growth depends on advancement in medium-high and high technological intensity segments. This movement is fundamental to strengthening the international insertion of Brazilian industry”, said, in a statement, the manager of International Trade and Integration at CNI, Constanza Negri.
Insufficient national production
The CNI survey also points out another point of difficulty for Brazil’s industrial sector: the inability to meet all internal consumer demand.
According to the Confederation, the country had a deficit in industrial trade – the difference between the import and export of manufactured products – of US$71.3 billion in 2025.
The negative balance between international purchases and sales was the largest ever recorded in almost 30 years, since the beginning of the historical series in 1997.
In percentage terms, the volume of items purchased from abroad increased by 6.1% compared to 2024.
According to the CNI, these numbers indicate that, although there has been growth in the consumption level of the Brazilian economy in 2025, this increase was sustained “mostly by imported products”.
“The growth in imports reinforces the structural difficulties of Brazilian industry in meeting, with internal production, the increase in consumption”, concluded the CNI.
*Under the supervision of João Nakamura
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