This period also precipitated a decline in Brazil's sugar industry, since conflict between the Dutch and Portuguese disrupted Brazilian sugar production, amidst rising competition from British, French, and Dutch planters in the Caribbean.
Periode ini juga mempercepat kemunduran industri gula Brasil karena konflik Belanda dengan Portugal mengganggu produksi gula, sementara gula Brasil masih harus bersaing dengan produsen Britania, Prancis, dan Belanda di Karibia.