From the factories to the most distant places, Brazilian orange juice is shipped largely by producer industries with high-tech storage methods — chilled for concentrate and aseptic for NFC — which are specialized in this
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extremely complex logistical process. Tankers specially designed for shipping orange juice leave the Port of Santos, in Brazil, loaded with thousands of tons of concentrate orange juice and NFC. This is a complex operation, where the beverage is transported from the factories to the tanker trucks into the bulk juice terminals at the Port of Santos, and pumped onto the orange juice tank ships, with no contact with the outside
Each exporting company owns or charters terminals and vessels in Brazil, Europe and the US — the primary destinations of Brazilian orange juice. But Brazilian orange juice also reaches more distant destinations such as China and the Middle East.
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