Coffee boosts sales of Mines

No offer of coffee, caused by long period of drought registered in 2014, combined with the new threat of drought to yield by 2015, has contributed to boost shipments miners of Grand. According to the first data of the Ministry of development, industry and foreign trade (Mdic), only in January 2015 comparison with the same month of 2014 62.87% increment was recorded in revenues generated with the shipments of coffee, the main product of agribusiness of Minas Gerais.
According to the survey of the Mdic, Minas Gerais moved with the international coffee trading $ 382,1 million, 62.87% above the value registered in the same month of 2014, when the revenue obtained was $ 234,6 million. The result keeps the uptrend recorded in 2014, when the coffee shipments totaled US $ 4.11 billion, value that was 32.25% higher than the $ 3.1 billion moved between January and December 2013.
In January, the volume shipped was virtually stable at registered in January 2014, with little positive variation of 0.28%. In all, were intended for the international market 104.3 million tons.
The recovery of prices paid for the coffee, recorded since mid-2014, was the pillar so that the revenues generated from exports to keep growing. While a ton of coffee in January 2014 was valued at around $ 2.5 million, in January this year the same volume was marketed at $ 3.6 million, a substantial increase of 44%.
Breaking-even with high demand and a new forecast of crop failure in 2015, the average prices paid for the coffee throughout January was smaller. The pressure came from the rainfall recorded at the end of the month. The sack of 60 pounds on January 2 was traded at $ 450,59 closed the day January 30 quoted at r $ 445,43, down 1.14 percent. In the month was recorded maximum price of R $ 499,34 on 12 January, and the least amount of R $ 440,45, on 22 January.
Besides coffee, was also verified an increase in shipments of chicken meat. The billing, $ 18.8 million was 19.86% higher than the $ 15.1 million recorded in January 2014. In volume, the increase was from 27.95 percent with exports of 11.9 thousand tons versus 9.3 thousand tons shipped in same month of 2014.
With the increase in exports of chicken and a leaner supply on the domestic market, live bird prices in Minas Gerais in the Southeast region highlighted throughout January. The pound started January to $ 2.30 and closed the month at $ 2.55, increased around 9%.
Unlike the chicken meat, the other closed the first month of the year with negative performance. The biggest fall in shipments has been verified in exports of pork. Turnover retreated 58.62% amounting to US $ 2.4 million, compared to $ 5.8 million in the same month moved from 2014. In relation to the volume the retraction was 59.43% with the loading of 759 tons.
Beef exports fell 41.37% what did the billing back $ 29.5 million in January 2014, to $ 17.1 million in the same month of 2015. In all, Minas Gerais embarked 3.7 thousand tons, retracting 42.18% compared to 6.4 thousand tons intended previously.