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Brazil: Meat, eggs, sugar and vegetables are agro products that became more expensive in the 1st semester

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Published Jul 9, 2021

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Highs in refined sugar (16%) and crystal (14.2%), for example, are explained by the increase in exports and greater use of sugarcane to produce ethanol. Inflation data were released this Thursday (8).

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Meat, eggs, sugar and vegetables are some of the more expensive agricultural products in the first half of this year, according to data released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), this Thursday (8). Brazil's official inflation, measured by the Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA), increased 8.35% in 12 months, and 3.77% in the first half (see higher highs and lows). Of the products from the field, some of the items that advanced the most between January and June, compared to the same period in 2020, were: Refined sugar: 16.14%Crystal sugar: 14.25%Vegetables: 8.79%Meat: 7.25%Poultry and eggs: 6.87% Tubers and vegetables, in turn, fell 18%, while soy oil dropped 2%. Despite this, the consumer continues to pay more for cooking oil. In the state of SP, a unit is costing, on average, R$7.55, against R$3.96 a year ago. Sugar In the 1st half, sugars and derivatives rose 7%, with highlights for refined (16.14%), crystal (14.25%) and demerara (13.21%). In the ...
Source: G1globo
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