Brasília – The Brazil Commodities Index (IC-Br, in the Portuguese acronym), which tracks the prices of internationally traded staple products, was down 2.14% in April from March. Year-to-date, the index is up 5.13%. In the last 12 months, it was up 6.11%.
The Brazilian Central Bank issued the data this Wednesday (6th). Last month, the index dropped for all three segments computed.
The IC-Br for agriculture (beef, cotton, soy oil, wheat, sugar, maize, coffee, rice and pork) was down 2.35%. The index for metals (aluminum, iron ore, copper, tin, zinc, lead and nickel) was down 2.24%. Finally, the energy index (oil, natural gas and coal) was down 1%.
The international commodity price index of the Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) was down 3.46% in April and up 7.34% year-to-date.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
