Gaucho exports grow 12.2%

Pulled by commodities, which exerted the greatest positive influence on the outcome, with a high of 31.9%, exports of Rio Grande do Sul totaled $ 1.78 billion in may, an increase of 12.2% in comparison with the same month of 2015. This was due to the increased demand from China and Pakistan for soy product that, alone, totaled US $ 695 million, or 39.1% of total foreign sales Gaucho. "This high participation is due to the seasonality typical of the crop. Basic products help make our trade balance positive State, but it is essential that the most prominent on the agenda have manufactured. The exchange rate devaluation, although beneficial, is helping just to avoid even bigger losses for the industrial sector ", said yesterday the President of the Federation of industries of Rio Grande do Sul (Fiergs), Heitor Jose Muller.
In relation to the processing industry, the basis for comparison, according to Müller, was the main factor contributing to the increase of 2.5% in foreign sales in may, which reached $ 1.04 billion. "In may 2015, shipments were the lowest for the month since 2009," he recalls. The result of the sector at the State level was worse in relation to national, where there were 11.5% elevation.
Of the 23 categories that recorded some export operation in the month, 11 fell, seven grown and five recorded stability. Tobacco exercised primary influence negative ( -30.2%), followed by chemicals ( -11.5%). In turn, the major positive contributions came from pulp and paper (450%), machinery and equipment (29.3%) and motor vehicles, trailers and truck bodies (26.5%).
Total imports fell in May. Losses reached 21.7% ($ 625 million), the lowest value since 2004 for the month, reaching all sectors, with the exception of consumer goods (18.8%). The segments more industry-related capital goods and intermediates-accented falls: 40.8% had and 23%, respectively.