Mai Ianuali a ʻOkakopa, piʻi aʻe ka nui o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana ma 51%, a ua lilo ʻo Kina i mea hoʻolako momona nui loa ma Brazil.

Ke hoʻololi nei ke ʻano kālepa mahiʻai ma waena o Brazil a me Kina. ʻOiai ʻo Kina ka wahi nui no nā huahana mahiʻai o Brazil, i kēia mau lāmea mahiaimai Kina ke komo nui nei i ka mākeke Palakila, a ʻo kekahi o ia mau mea momona.

I nā mahina he ʻumi mua o kēia makahiki, ʻo ka huina kālā omea mahiaii lawe ʻia mai e Brazil mai Kina ua hiki i ka 6.1 biliona kālā ʻAmelika, kahi piʻi o 24% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala. Ke hoʻololi nei ka hoʻolako ʻana o nā mea hana mahiʻai ma Brazil, a ʻo ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea kanu he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o kēia. Ma ke ʻano o ka nui, ua ʻoi aku ʻo Kina ma mua o Rūsia no ka manawa mua a lilo i mea hoʻolako nui loa o Brazil i nā mea kanu.

Mai Ianuali a ʻOkakopa i kēia makahiki, ua lawe mai ʻo Brazil i 9.77 miliona mau mea momona mai Kina, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka 9.72 miliona tons i kūʻai ʻia mai Rusia. Eia kekahi, ua piʻi nui ka ulu ʻana o nā mea momona a Kina i Brazil. I loko o nā mahina he ʻumi mua o kēia makahiki, ua hoʻonui ʻia e 51% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka makahiki i hala, aʻo ka nui o ka lawe ʻana mai Rūsia i hoʻonui wale ʻia e 5,6%.

He mea pono e hoʻomaopopo i ka lawe ʻana mai o Brazil i ka hapa nui o kāna mau mea kanu mai Kina, me ka ammonium sulfate (nitrogen fertilizer) ke ʻano nui. I kēia manawa, noho mau ʻo Rūsia i mea hoʻolako waiwai nui o ka potassium chloride (potassium fertilizer) no Brazil. I kēia manawa, ʻo ka hui pū ʻana mai kēia mau ʻāina ʻelua e helu i ka hapalua o ka nui o nā mea momona i lawe ʻia mai Brazil.

Ua hōʻike ka Federation of Agriculture and Livestock mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kūʻai ʻana o Brazil i ka ammonium sulfate ma mua o nā mea i manaʻo ʻia, ʻoiai ua emi ke koi no ka potassium chloride ma muli o nā kumu kau. I loko o nā mahina he ʻumi mua o kēia makahiki, ua hiki i ka 38.3 miliona tons ka nui o nā mea momona i lawe ʻia mai i Brazil, he piʻi o 4.6% i kēlā me kēia makahiki; Ua piʻi aʻe ka waiwai lawe mai ma 16%, a hiki i 13.2 biliona kālā ʻAmelika. Ma ke ʻano o ka nui o ka lawe ʻana mai, ʻo nā mea hoʻolako momona ʻelima o Brazil ʻo Kina, Russia, Kanada, Morocco a me ʻAigupita, ma ia ʻano.

Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, lawe mai ʻo Brazil i 863,000 tons o nā kemika mahiʻai e like me nā pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc. Ma waena o lākou, hele mai ka 70% mai ka mākeke Kina, a ukali ʻia e India (11%). ʻO ka nui o ka waiwai lawe mai o kēia mau huahana i hōʻea i 4.67 biliona kālā ʻAmelika, kahi piʻi o 21% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka makahiki i hala.