Brasília – The Brazil Commodities Index (IC-Br, in the Portuguese acronym), calculated by the Central Bank, was down 1.4%, in June compared with the preceding month. The information was disclosed this Wednesday (4th) by the bank. In the first half, the index was up 0.83%, and in the 12 month period ended June it was up 2.59%. The IC-Br calculates the variation, in real (Brazilian currency), in prices of Brazilian primary products traded overseas.
In June, the decline was driven by the energy segment (oil, natural gas and coal), whose prices dropped 6.83%. Metals prices (aluminium, iron ore, copper, tin, zinc, lead and nickel) were down 2%.
Agriculture segment prices (beef, cotton, soy oil, wheat, sugar, maize, coffee, rice, and pork) were down 0.2%.
The commodity price index calculated by the international Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) was up 1.87% during the month and 10.23%, in the first half. In the 12-month period ended June, prices were up 10.1%.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
