Prices paid to producers in São Paulo rise 1.91% in August

The IqPR – an index that measures the price variation received by producers in the state of São Paulo – registered an increase of 1.91% in August compared to the previous month, according to the Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA), a research institution of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo. “When sugarcane is excluded from the calculation of the index, the IqPR increased 2.06%; or 0.15 percentage point higher, “explains Eder Pinatti, an IEA researcher.

The products that presented the highest increases were: banana nanica (15.09%), orange for industry (12.94%), pork (8.99%), maize (8.62%) and milk %). While the largest declines were observed in potato prices (-25.18%), wheat (-10.16%), cotton (-6.84%) and coffee (-4.96%).

Accumulated in the last 12 months

In the last 12 months, the IqPR accumulated a high of 9.48%. There were positive variations in the products: corn (69.39%), table orange (47.33%), orange for industry (43.2%), wheat (36.97%), soybean (31.97% cotton (22.64%), chicken meat (20%), peanuts (17.22%), raw milk refrigerated (13.89%), banana nanica (11.75%), rice (8.26%), and beef (6.99%). They lost value in their quotations: table tomatoes (-26.6%), potatoes (-26.36%), eggs (-22.4%), pork (-17.66%), 03%), coffee (-8.69%) and sugarcane (-2.37%).

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.