Ag\u00eancia Brasil *<\/STRONG><\/P> Curitiba – With 350,000 rural properties, and occupying an area of just 2.3% of the country territory, the state of Paran\u00e1, answers to 23% of Brazilian grain production. It is the main producer of maize, wheat and beans, and the second of soy. Last year, the state harvested 26 million tonnes of grain, and the forecast for the 2004\/05 crop is 30 million tonnes. These values are included in the estimates for Paran\u00e1 state 2004\/05 harvest, announced yesterday (03) by the state Agriculture secretariat.<\/P> The bean harvest, the first, is currently under way, with little over 15% of the cropland having been harvested. The situation of the crop is considered good in approximately 58% of the cropland, despite the intensive rains in recent weeks. There are still 66,000 hectares to be harvested. In the mean time, the second bean harvest is already being sown, and should reach 127,000 hectares.<\/P> Maize is also being harvested in the state of Paran\u00e1, and the crops are considered good in 84% of the area. With regard to the harvest, the forecast of 1,255,505 hectares sowed was maintained. The area is 7% greater than the previous harvest and it is estimated that 7 million tonnes of grain, not counting the second maize harvest, which is normally sown in the winter, and which should generate over 6 million tonnes, elevating the crop result to 13 million tonnes. The state of Paran\u00e1 forecasts production of 22% of the Brazilian maize harvest.<\/P> Around 85% of the state soy crop is in the flowering and fruiting phase, but in some cities, the harvest has already begun. The plants are in good conditions in 90% of the area, and the forecast for the state of Paran\u00e1 harvest in 2004\/05 is 12.48 million tonnes, i.e., 23% more than in the previous harvest. The sowing of 4,086,797 hectares of soy in the state, 3.7% more than last year, has been confirmed.<\/P> The state answers to 16% of the country trade balance<\/STRONG><\/P> Last year, total state exports reached US$ 9.4 billion, a growth of 31.4% when compared to the previous year. Imports rose 15.50%, totalling US$ 4.026 billion, which generated a surplus of US$ 5.374 billion, 46.44% greater than the 2003 result. According to the Paran\u00e1 State News Agency, the trade balance surplus represented 16% of the country surplus.<\/P> One of the highlights was expansion of trade with China, the second largest buyer of products exported from Paran\u00e1. In 2004, exports to the Chinese reached US$ 1.114 billion. In the first place came sales to the United States (US$ 1.252 billion).<\/P> In 2004 the state of Paran\u00e1 purchased less ready-made products and more industrial inputs, fuels, capital goods and transport equipment for industrial use. Imports of industrial inputs rose 39%, reaching US$ 1.54 billion. Purchase of capital goods rose from US$ 785 million in 2003 to US$ 995 million last year.<\/P> * Translated by Mark Ament<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The state is the main producer of maize, wheat and beans, and the second in production of soy, losing only to the midwestern state of Mato Grosso. At the end of last year, farmers from the state of Paran\u00e1 harvested US$ 26 million tonnes of grain and are awaiting a harvest of 30 million tonnes this year. In 2004, Paran\u00e1 answered to 16% of the Brazilian trade balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2308,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-agribusiness"},"wps_subtitle":"The state is the main producer of maize, wheat and beans, and the second in production of soy, losing only to the midwestern state of Mato Grosso. At the end of last year, farmers from the state of Paran\u00e1 harvested US$ 26 million tonnes of grain and are awaiting a harvest of 30 million tonnes this year. 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