São Paulo – The value of agricultural and forestry production in São Paulo reached 61.45 billion Brazilian reals (US$ 33.6 billion) this year, growth of 17.1% over last year. The figures are preliminary estimates by the Agricultural Economics Institute (Iea-Apta) of the São Paulo State Agriculture and Supply Secretariat.
If only agricultural production is taken into consideration, without forestry products, the total is 56.6 billion reals (US$ 30.9 billion), with growth of 18.6%. The products that weighed heaviest on the farming bill were sugarcane, with 27.2 billion reals (US$ 14.9 billion), beef, with 6 billion (US$ 3.3 billion), chicken, with 2.7 billion reals (US$ 1.5 billion) and eggs, with 1.9 billion reals (US$ 1 billion).
Among the regions that grow most in the ranking are Assis, which rose four positions, to the eighth place, due to sugarcane plantations. The Itapeva region rose six positions, to 13th place, due to production of table tomato.
In the Itapetininga region, production of cane exceeded chicken in terms of value. In Marília, coffee exceeded beef. However, in terms of volume, sugarcane still leads in the regional ranking in 28 of the 40 regions of the state of São Paulo that were researched.
Products turned to the industry answer to 55.9% of the 61.4 billion reals (US$ 33.6 billion) in agricultural and forestry production in the state, or 34.3 billion (US$ 18.7 billion). Animal products answer to 20.48%, forestry to 7.93%, fresh fruit to 6.31%, grain and fibre to 6.21% and vegetables to 3.13%.
*Translated by Mark Ament
