Comgás: Profit rises 7.1% in the second quarter, to $ 179,7 million

SAO PAULO-the net profits of the Company, largest distributor of natural gas in the country, amounted to r $ 179,7 million in the second quarter, up 7.1 percent over the same period last year.
The net revenue from sales and service totaled r $ 1.62 billion in the second quarter, 0.7% higher than that obtained in the same quarter of 2013, from $ 1.61 billion.
In the first half of 2014, the company accumulated net sales of R $ 3.13 billion, with an increase of 2.6% compared to the same period in 2013, from $ 3.05 billion.
For the quarter, were distributed 925.8 million cubic meters, 3.5% below the volume distributed a year ago (958.9 million m³). "This variation is related to the performance of the economy and low industrial activity in the period. In addition, this year we had in the month of June the World Cup event, which changed the shifts of many factories, slowing production, which reflected significantly in demand of natural gas consumed, "said Comgás, in your statement.
Biannual date, the volume consumed in the industrial sector totaled 1,838 .7 million m3 of gas, 2.6% below in relation to 1,887 cubic .1 million m³ distributed over the same period of the previous year, these variations are completely related to the performance of industrial activity in the period.
If considered the normalized net income by Regulatory current account (CCR), the result of the company was r $ 132.2 million in the second quarter of the year, representing a reduction of 30% compared to R $ 188,2 million achieved in the second quarter of 2013.
In the first half, the normalized profit by CCR the company totaled r $ 228.0 regulatory million, representing a decrease of 19% compared to the first half of 2013, which totaled R $ 280.1 million.
In Regulatory checking account, are considered the differences between the cost of gas paid to suppliers (which varies monthly, or quarterly, depending on the source) and the cost of gas contained in the company's tariffs.
(Claudia Facchini | Value)