São Paulo – The Gross Value Production (GVP) of Brazilian crops should total R$ 283.5 billion (US$ 142 billion) in 2013, exceeding the 2012 result by 16.3%, according to estimates by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (Mapa), disclosed on Friday (15).
In a previous projection by the Mapa, the perspective for 2013 was for GVP to total R$ 305.3 billion (US$ 153 billion). “Due to the lower price of soy, however, there was a reduction in the values forecasted for this year. In the previous estimate, the forecast was for R$ 73.25 (US$ 37) per 60-Kg bag and this year the price used was R$ 64.6 (US$ 33) per bag, according to figures disclosed by Cepea-USP (the Centre for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics at the Higher School of Agriculture of the University of São Paulo)”, explained José Garcia Gasques, Strategic Planning coordinator at the ministry, in a press statement disclosed by the organisation.
The Ministry also disclosed the products that should present positive variation in comparison with 2012. Tomato, for example, should grow 63.3%; oranges, 52.6%; beans, 32.4%; soy, 30.8%; onion, 26%; tobacco, 21.3%; potato, 21%; wheat, 18.7%; maize, 17.8%; sugarcane, 7.5%; and apples, 5.7%.
“In the case of soy and maize, especially, these results are due to favourable production perspectives and also to the price levels of these products as against last year,” pointed out Gasques.
The best results should be obtained by the Southeast (US$ 41 billion), Midwest (US$ 41 billion) and South (US$ 40 billion). São Paulo should lead the values by state, with US$ 25 billion, followed by Mato Grosso (US$ 23 billion) and Paraná (US$ 20 billion).
*Translated by Mark Ament
