Agribusiness sales grew 16% in the past month when compared to the same period last year. The sector had total revenues of US$ 3.9 billion... historic record for March.
Exports numbers increased mainly due to commodities like soy, sugar and alcohol, pulp and paper, leather and leather products and meats.
Exports of the soy complex totalled US$ 928 million, 30.8% more than in the month of March 2005, when exports totalled US$ 710 million. The result was powered by sales of soy in grain, which grew 44.7% in quantity exported and 7% in prices.
Sales of sugar and alcohol reached US$ 494.3 million in March, against US$ 337.7 million in the same period in 2005. Alcohol export revenues totalled US$ 70 million in March, 4.4% more than the value exported in March last year.
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