Latin America and the Caribbean: yerba mate exports value 2023, by country

In 2023, Brazil was the leading exporter of yerba mate with an export value of 89 million U.S. dollars. Ranking second was Argentina with 82.55 million U.S. dollars, followed by Paraguay with 13.77 million U.S. dollars worth of yerba mate exports.In terms of yerba mate export volume, that same year, Brazil exported over 14 percent more yerba mate than Argentina.What is yerba mate?Yerba mate is a plant native to South America, used to prepare the hot herbal drink, mate. It has a deep cultural significance in Latin American countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile, and a cold version of the brew called tereré is popular in Paraguay. Argentina and Brazil are the undisputed top producers of yerba mate, not only regionally but also globally.Who drinks mate around the world?While mate is especially popular in the southern part of South America, it has gained notoriety on a global scale in recent years, particularly thanks to it being the drink of choice of soccer superstar Lionel Messi. Some of the leading countries of destination for yerba mate exports include Uruguay, the United States, Turkey and Lebanon. In 2023, Syria was the top destination for exports of Paraguayan yerba.

于2023年，巴西成为 yerba mate 的主要出口国，出口价值高达8900万美元。位居第二的是阿根廷，出口价值为8255万美元，其后为巴拉圭，其 yerba mate 出口价值为1377万美元。就 yerba mate 的出口量而言，同年，巴西的出口量比阿根廷高出14%以上。何为 yerba mate？yerba mate 是一种原产于南美洲的植物，用于制备热草本饮料 mate。它在阿根廷、巴西、巴拉圭、乌拉圭和智利等拉丁美洲国家具有深远的文化意义，而在巴拉圭，其冷饮版本 tereré 亦颇受欢迎。阿根廷和巴西不仅在区域内，而且在全球范围内都是 yerba mate 的无可争议的主要生产国。世界各地谁饮用 mate？尽管 mate 在南美洲南部特别受欢迎，但近年来它已在全球范围内声名鹊起，这主要归功于足球巨星莱昂内尔·梅西的青睐。一些主要的 yerba mate 出口目的地国家包括乌拉圭、美国、土耳其和黎巴嫩。2023年，叙利亚成为巴拉圭 yerba 的主要出口目的地。