Gabriel Azevedo: Instead of the producer sending the cargo down to the coast and handling the paperwork there, the paperwork comes here.
Gabriel Azevedo: Closer to those who produce.
Just in 2023, about 1.5 billion dollars in merchandise passed through here.
Gabriel Azevedo: There’s Eurofarma, there’s Mercado Livre, there’s Marelli, there are 220,000 square meters of warehouse space and around 2,000 people working directly in the complex.
Gabriel Azevedo: It started with coffee in 1997, with 25,000 bags leaving from here.