Sale of pesticides fell 25% in the 1st half

Sales of agrochemicals confirmed expectations and closed the first half of this year falling in the country. According to preliminary estimates of the National Union of industry products for Plant Defense (Sindiveg), in dollar revenue from such sales decreased by 25% compared to the same period in 2014, from $ 3.6 billion to $ 2.7 billion.
The organization reported that the volume of pesticides sold in the domestic market also retreated, but we still can't clarify the retraction followed hand in hand the pace of revenue reduction in American currency, in the first quarter, had been on the order of 20% in comparison with the same interval last year. Value Date calculations based on the average of the first Ax semesters last year and point out that, in actual, the low was far more modest revenue-3.6%, from r $ 8.3 billion to $ 8 billion. Anyway, sales in dollar walk to end 2015 with the first fall since 2009, as there are months signal specialists in agribusiness.
Silvia Fagnani, Executive Vice President of Sindiveg, reminded the value that, historically, sales of pesticides in Brazil represent approximately 70% of the annual total. And says that the wait for a recovery period to at least reduce, the swing of 2015 as a whole, the significant negative percentage observed until June.
"But in fact there will be fall, the first since 2009, which was also a year of crisis. Sales will reach, at most, $ 10.5 billion in 2015, "she said. If confirmed, this amount will be almost 14% lower than last year ($ 12.2 billion).
Brazil's currency, the pace of increase in sales revenue of pesticides in the country-largest global market for these products-would be almost guaranteed. Considering the Ptax rate average for the beginning of this year until Friday ($ 3,056), the value Data points that the $ 10.5 billion projected by Sindiveg would be equivalent to R $ 32,1 billion. Already the Bill to 2014, when the Ptax rate average was r $ 2,3547, resulting in $ 28.8 billion.
"It is clear that much of the drop in dollar sales revenue in the first half reflected the Exchange variation. But there are other issues. One of them is the scarcity of rainfall in important agricultural production regions, containing the proliferation of pests and reduces the need for the use of some pesticides, "said Silvia.
Although the numbers in the first half they were not closed, the Executive reported that there was dollar revenue shrinkage at the two major categories of products: insecticides, which accounted for 39.9% of sales of pesticides in Brazil in 2014, and herbicides, whose slice last year was 32%.
You can also say that, all things considered, soy, flagship of Brazilian agribusiness, is the culture that pulls also sales of pesticides. Its share of the total has continued more than 50% in the first half-was 56% in 2014. Then on that list appear corn (9% last year), cotton (8%) and sugar cane (8%).
Even if the market of pesticides is not yet possible to measure the fall of sales volume, only the recipe, two other fundamental inputs markets support the general trend of falling, influenced by the retraction of the international agricultural commodity prices and by political and economic turmoil on the domestic front.
Fertilizer segment, domestic sales decreased 7.7% from January to July compared to the same range of 2014, to 15 million tons, according to the National Association for the diffusion of fertilizers (come on). Thread sources estimate that, throughout this year, the low will be between 5% and 10%.
And, according to the National Association of Automotive vehicle manufacturers (Anfavea), sales of tractors and harvesters in the country retreated on the same comparison, 27.2% to 28.7 thousand units. In 2015 as a whole, designed by the retraction is on the order of 20%.