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Brazil Beef Supply Chains Dataset

Name of the biome according to the IBGE classification where the production municipality is located

Name of the country where the commodity was produced

Description of the type of product classified according to the HS Code

The Forest 500 commodity score of the exporting company. The Forest 500 score ranks companies according to the strength of their sustainability commitments between 0 and 5

Indicates whether the processing company has deforestation commitments, including TAC and G4 agreements for slaughterhouses

State where the municipality of production is located

Name of the municipality where the commodity was produced

Name of the municipality where the slaughterhouse is located

Company, including subsidiaries, responsible for exporting the product

Corporate group responsible for exporting the product

Company, including subsidiaries, responsible for importing the product

Corporate group responsible for importing the product

Country of product destination as recorded in trade data

Aggregation of countries according to relevant economic blocs; not all economic blocs are represented

Volume of the traded commodity. The total value is the raw equivalent of the traded sub-products (for example, soy cake and soy oil are converted to soybean equivalent tonnes).

Value of the traded product at point of export in US dollars based on customs and trade data in FOB (Freight on Board).

Cattle deforestation exposure is obtained by calculating five years of pasture deforestation divided by five years of beef production per jurisdiction. The results are subsequently multiplied by the trade volumes to allocate the area of exposure for each actor (traders or countries) in the supply chain

Gross emissions attributed to soy deforestation exposure. Emission estimates are based on the complete release of carbon stored in native vegetation. Carbon stocks were transformed to CO₂-eq. using 3.67 as conversion factor.

Net emissions attributable to cattle deforestation. Estimates are based on the total removal of the biomass stored in the native vegetation accounting for the carbon sequestration of the new pasturelands. Carbon stocks were transformed to CO₂-eq. using 3.67 as conversion factor.

Area of land being used as pasture. Based on exported volumes and yield values per jurisdiction.

Unique ID for each state where the product was produced, formatted as 'BR-' followed by the national IBGE geocode

Unique ID for each municipality where the product was produced, formatted as 'BR-' followed by the national IBGE geocode

Country where the product was produced, described using the official ISO 2 code

Country of product destination, described using the official ISO 2 code

Brazil beef - Supply chain data

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