E ai ki ngā raraunga mai i te Brazilian Iron and Steel Association (IABr), i te marama o Hānuere 2021, i piki ake te hanga maitai mata o Brazil mā te 10.8% i ia tau ki te 3 miriona tana.
I te marama o Hānuere, ko ngā hoko ā-rohe i Brazil he 1.9 miriona tana, he pikinga 24.9% i ia tau; ko te whakamahinga kitea he 2.2 miriona tana, he pikinga 25% i ia tau. Ko te rahinga kaweake he 531,000 tana, he hekenga 52% i ia tau; ko te rahinga kawemai he 324,000 tana, he pikinga 42.3% i ia tau.
E whakaatu ana ngā raraunga ko te whakaputanga maitai mata o Brazil i te tau 2020 he 30.97 miriona tana, he hekenga tau-ki-te-tau o te 4.9%. I te tau 2020, i eke ngā hoko ā-rohe o Brazil ki te 19.24 miriona tana, he pikinga 2.4% i runga i taua wā anō. Ko te whakamahinga kitea he 21.22 miriona tana, he pikinga tau-ki-te-tau o te 1.2%. Ahakoa i pāngia e te mate urutā, kāore i heke te whakamahinga maitai e ai ki te tumanako. Ko te rahinga kaweake he 10.74 miriona tana, he hekenga 16.1% tau-ki-te-tau; ko te rahinga kawemai he 2 miriona tana, he hekenga 14.3% tau-ki-te-tau
E matapaetia ana e te Brazilian Iron and Steel Association ka piki ake te hanga maitai mata o Brazil mā te 6.7% i te tau 2021 ki te 33.04 miriona tana. Ka piki ake te whakamahinga kitea mā te 5.8% ki te 22.44 miriona tana. Tērā pea ka piki ake ngā hoko ā-rohe mā te 5.3%, ka eke ki te 20.27 miriona tana. E matapaetia ana ka eke te rahinga kaweake ki te 11.71 miriona tana, he pikinga 9%; ka piki ake te rahinga kawemai mā te 9.8% ki te 2.22 miriona tana.
I kī a Lopez, te heamana o te rōpū, nā te whakaoranga o te "V" i roto i te umanga maitai, kua piki haere tonu te reiti whakamahinga o ngā taputapu i roto i ngā umanga whakaputa maitai. I te mutunga o te tau kua hipa, ko te 70.1%, ko te taumata toharite teitei rawa atu i roto i ngā tau e rima kua hipa.