Bras\u00edlia \u2013 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%.<\/p>\n
The index verifies the variation of basic product prices (commodities) on the International market to evaluate the effects of inflation in Brazil.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Mark Ament<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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