The firm focus of our October Market Intelligence report is Brazil, South America’s largest and most populous country. Around 213 million people live there and its national gross domestic product is tenth largest in the world, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2026 index. The IMF reports that agricultural products accounted for more than 40% of Brazil’s total exports in 2025, with the leather value chain playing an important part. There was a record cattle slaughter in 2025, with a figure of 42.9 million head. The country’s cattle population was 234 million head last year. 

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