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Oct 15
14m 50s

Americas Asphalt: Spotlight on Brazil

Argus Media
About this episode

Listen to Cobin Eggers, Deputy Editor of the Argus Americas Asphalt report, and Julio Viana, our Brazil-based Senior Reporter, cover the following:

  • Evolution of asphalt demand in Brazil, including drivers of the record demand seen in 2024

  • What factors made the US a major supply source for Brazil

  • How political, budgetary and seasonal factors influence the market

  • Projections for the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026

  • Introduction of a price assessment for waterborne cargo delivered to Brazil

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