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Brazil is both one of the world's largest agricultural exporters and a structural importer of wheat, genetics, specialty foods and other agricultural products, which makes it a difficult but not closed market for Texas suppliers. This white paper proposes a five-gate decision framework for assessing the export feasibility of Texas agricultural products in Brazil: product–market matching, regulatory mapping, logistics and landed-cost modeling, quality and traceability, and a commercial go/pilot/no-go decision. Each gate asks a single question, specifies the evidence required and is ordered from the least to the most costly analysis, so that weak opportunities are eliminated early and strong ones are documented well enough to justify investment. The framework is applied in a preliminary, qualitative way to six product groups — cotton, grain sorghum and corn, hard red winter wheat, pecans, beef and cattle genetics, and ethanol and co-products — using public information available through mid-2026, and is illustrated with a landed-cost model and a break-even premium calculation. The assessment indicates that bulk cotton and feed grains are feasible only episodically, that wheat is the most structurally favorable bulk commodity, and that cattle genetics and specialty products show the strongest fit with Texas strengths. Sanitary and phytosanitary access emerges as the decisive first filter. The paper closes with recommendations for producers, cooperatives, consultants and public agencies, and with a standard feasibility memo template.
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@article{Adriano2026FROM,
title = {FROM GULF PORTS TO BRAZILIAN BUYERS: A DECISION FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING THE EXPORT FEASIBILITY OF TEXAS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN BRAZIL},
author = {Walter Luiz Ribeiro Adriano},
journal = {Boletim de Conjuntura (BOCA)},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.56238/bocav25n74-048},
url = {https://doi.org/10.56238/bocav25n74-048}
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