Corn (maize) ports and hubs in South America
38 ports and hubs in South America handle corn (maize), across 10 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Grades: Yellow Corn (Maize).
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Grades
- Yellow Corn (Maize) (8.0% - 9.0%) - Energy-rich feed grain and starch feedstock. Massive imports into Iberian and Italian deficit clusters.
Ports and hubs (38)
| Hub | Country | Type | Grades handled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahia Blanca (Ingeniero White) Bahia Blanca Argentina's main deep-water grain port, at Ingeniero White, shipping wheat, barley and corn from the southern Pampas. | Argentina | Seaport Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Gran Rosario (Up-River) Rosario Gran Rosario on the Parana River: the largest oilseed-crushing complex in the world and the loading point for most of Argentina's grain and soymeal exports. Prices here are Argentina's official FOB reference prices, which the government sets daily for export duties - a national figure, not a Rosario spot price. The open-data series used here ends in January 2025. | Argentina | River port Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Necochea-Quequen Quequen Deep-water port at Necochea-Quequen, exporting wheat and barley from south-eastern Buenos Aires province. | Argentina | Seaport Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Pergamino (Buenos Aires core zone) Pergamino In the heart of Argentina's zona nucleo, the most productive maize and soybean land in the country, around 100 km from the Gran Rosario crushing and export terminals. | Argentina | Inland hub Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Rio Cuarto (Cordoba) Rio Cuarto Centre of southern Cordoba, Argentina's leading maize province. Grain goes by road and rail to the Gran Rosario terminals. | Argentina | Inland hub Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) Santa Cruz de la Sierra Almost all of Bolivia's soybeans are grown in Santa Cruz department. Most of the crop is crushed locally; meal and oil leave by the Paraguay-Parana waterway towards Rosario and Uruguay, or by road and rail to the Andean countries. | Bolivia | Inland hub Crushing / transshipment | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Campinas (Sao Paulo) Campinas Reference region for the CEPEA/ESALQ maize indicator and the B3 maize futures contract. Sao Paulo state feed mills and processors use more maize than the state grows, so it comes in by truck from the Centre-West and Parana. | Brazil | Inland hub Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Cascavel (Parana) Cascavel Western Parana origination in Brazil’s most intensive maize and poultry region, feeding both the local compounders and the Paranagua corridor. | Brazil | Inland hub Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Chapeco (western Santa Catarina) Chapeco Centre of the largest pig and poultry industry in Brazil. Its feed mills need far more maize than the region grows, so maize comes in by truck from Parana, Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraguay. | Brazil | Inland hub Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Dourados (Mato Grosso do Sul) Dourados Main grain district of southern Mato Grosso do Sul, growing soybeans and a large second-crop maize. Grain moves by road and rail to Paranagua and Santos. | Brazil | Inland hub Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Itacoatiara (Amazon river) Itacoatiara Amazon river terminal in Amazonas state where ocean-going ships load soybeans and maize brought by barge from Porto Velho along the Madeira. | Brazil | River port Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Luis Eduardo Magalhaes (West Bahia, MATOPIBA) Luis Eduardo Magalhaes Storage and services hub of the MATOPIBA frontier on the BR-242, serving the soybean and maize farms of western Bahia. Exports leave mainly through the northern and north-eastern ports. | Brazil | Inland hub Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Miritituba (Tapajos river) Itaituba Cluster of transshipment stations on the Tapajos river in Para. Trucks from northern Mato Grosso on the BR-163 unload soybeans and maize onto barges bound for Barcarena and Santarem. | Brazil | River port Inland river | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Passo Fundo (Rio Grande do Sul) Passo Fundo The heart of Brazil’s wheat belt on the Rio Grande do Sul plateau, and the main domestic origination for a country that otherwise imports most of its milling wheat from Argentina. | Brazil | Inland hub Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Imbituba (Santa Catarina) Imbituba Southern Santa Catarina port that ships soybeans and maize and serves the state's pig and poultry industry. | Brazil | Seaport Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Itaqui (Sao Luis) Sao Luis The anchor of the Arco Norte. Deep natural draft and a far shorter sailing distance to Europe and Asia than the southern ports, fed by the Ferrovia Norte-Sul from Tocantins, Maranhao and Mato Grosso. | Brazil | Seaport Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Paranagua Paranagua Brazil’s second grain port and the export corridor for Parana and western Santa Catarina. Its dedicated grain berths run one of the highest loading cadences in the country. | Brazil | Seaport Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Santos Santos The largest port in Latin America and Brazil’s principal grain outlet. The Macuco and Outeirinhos corridors load soybeans, meal, sugar and maize out of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and the Centre-West. | Brazil | Seaport Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Sao Francisco do Sul Sao Francisco do Sul Santa Catarina’s bulk grain port, drawing soybeans and maize from the western plateau and from Parana by road and rail. | Brazil | Seaport Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Porto Velho (Madeira river) Porto Velho Barge terminals on the Madeira river in Rondonia. Soybeans and maize from Rondonia and western Mato Grosso arrive by truck and go down-river by barge to Itacoatiara and Santarem for loading onto ships. | Brazil | River port Inland river | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Rio Verde (Goias) Rio Verde One of the main soybean and maize trading centres of south-west Goias, with large crushing and feed industries. Grain moves by road and rail to Santos and the northern ports. | Brazil | Inland hub Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Rondonopolis (Mato Grosso) Rondonopolis Mato Grosso’s rail head, where the Malha Norte line begins its run to Santos. One of the largest grain rail terminals in Latin America and the pivot between road collection and rail export. | Brazil | Inland hub Crushing / transshipment | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Santarem (Tapajos and Amazon) Santarem Port at the meeting of the Tapajos and the Amazon where ocean-going ships load soybeans and maize, arriving by barge from Miritituba and Porto Velho and by road on the BR-163. | Brazil | River port Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Sorriso (Mato Grosso) Sorriso One of the largest soybean-producing municipalities in Brazil, at the centre of the Mato Grosso cerrado. Soybeans and safrinha maize leave by road to the Miritituba barge terminals or by rail south. | Brazil | Inland hub Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Uberlandia (Minas Gerais) Uberlandia Triangulo Mineiro crossroads between the Centre-West and the Sao Paulo ports, with crushing capacity and rail access on the Ferrovia Centro-Atlantica. | Brazil | Inland hub Crushing / transshipment | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Vila do Conde (Barcarena) Barcarena Para state terminal on the Amazon estuary, the outlet for the Tapajos and Madeira barge corridors that move Mato Grosso soybeans north instead of south to Santos. | Brazil | Seaport Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Vitoria / Tubarao (Espirito Santo) Vitoria Port complex of Vitoria and Tubarao, linked by rail to Minas Gerais and Goias. It exports soybeans and maize and receives fertiliser and imported wheat. | Brazil | Seaport Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of San Antonio San Antonio Chile's busiest port and a principal entry point for its wheat and corn imports. | Chile | Seaport Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Talcahuano / San Vicente (Biobio) Talcahuano Ports of the Biobio region in southern Chile. They receive wheat for the region's flour mills and maize and soymeal for animal and salmon feed. | Chile | Seaport Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Barranquilla Barranquilla Caribbean port through which Colombia, a large importer of feed corn, receives much of its grain. | Colombia | Seaport Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Buenaventura Buenaventura Colombia's main Pacific port and an entry point for imported wheat and corn. | Colombia | Seaport Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Cartagena Cartagena Colombia's largest port, on the Caribbean. It receives maize, wheat and soymeal for the feed and milling industry of the north and the interior. | Colombia | Seaport Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Santa Marta Santa Marta Deep-water Caribbean port and one of Colombia's main entry points for imported maize, wheat and soybeans. | Colombia | Seaport Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Guayaquil Guayaquil Ecuador's principal port, handling its wheat and soymeal imports. | Ecuador | Seaport Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Villeta (Paraguay River) Villeta Paraguay River terminal near Asuncion. Paraguay is landlocked and one of the world's largest soybean exporters, shipping almost all of it by barge down the Paraguay-Parana waterway. | Paraguay | River port Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Port of Callao Callao Peru's main port, through which it imports most of its wheat and feed corn. | Peru | Seaport Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Nueva Palmira Nueva Palmira Uruguay's principal grain port on the Uruguay River, and a transshipment point for soybeans barged down from Paraguay and Bolivia. | Uruguay | River port Export | Yellow Corn (Maize) |
| Puerto Cabello Puerto Cabello Venezuela's main port and the entry point for most of its imported wheat, maize and soybeans, close to the flour mills and feed plants of Carabobo and the central region. | Venezuela | Seaport Import | Yellow Corn (Maize) |