Brasília – The Brazil Commodities Index (IC-Br), disclosed today (4) by the Central Bank of Brazil (BC), registered a reduction of 1.64% in April this year, as against the previous month. On comparing January to April this year and the first four months of 2010, there was an increase of 7.87%. In the accumulated result for the last 12 months up to April, the index rose 36.43%.
The index verifies the variation of basic product prices (commodities) on the International market to evaluate the effects of inflation in Brazil.
The agricultural sector (which includes beef, cotton, soy oil, wheat, sugar, maize, coffee and pork) had a 2.91% reduction in the comparison between April and March and growth of 8.73% in the first four months as against the same period last year.
In the case of metals (aluminium, iron ore, copper, tin, zink, lead and nickel), there was a reduction of 1.38% in the month, and expansion of 3.41%, in the accumulated result up to April.
The sector of energy (oil, natural gas and coal) presented growth of 1.28% in the comparison between April and March and 9.88% in the four months of the year, as against the same period in 2010.
*Translated by Mark Ament
