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The Brazilian shipments of the vitivini-
culture sector amounted toUS$ 77.37mil-
lion in 2016, down 5.43% from the ship-
ments in 2015, which was down 8.32%
from the exports in 2014. “Among the
products, only table grapes suffered de-
creases in exports, 10.39% in quantity
and 9.75% in revenue. Exports of all oth-
er items increased in quantity and value”,
saysresearcherLoivaMariaRibeirodeMel-
lo. Shipments of grape juice soared 7.62%
in quantity and 18.04% in value. Wine ex-
ports,inturn,registeredanincreaseof42.5
%inquantityand52.94%in revenue.
The result of the vitiviniculture sector
in 2016 showed a deficit of US$ 292,923
million, down 2.61% from 2015. “Both
imports and exports suffered a reduc-
tion in the sum of the values traded in
2016. However, reductions in exports
outstripped reductions in imports”. Loiva
ponders that, specifically for the case of
tablegrapes, theaverageprice fetchedby
the national grapes outstripped the price
of imported grapes. The value fetched by
grape exports went up from U$ 2.10 per
kilogram in 2015 to U$ 2.12 per kilogram
in 2016. Average prices paid for import-
ed grapes also soared from U$ 1.57 to
U$1.65 per kilogram.
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Decline in shipments
NASVIDEIRAS
In the vineyards
Produção nacional de uvas (toneladas)
Estado
2014
2015
2016
Rio Grande do Sul
812.517
876.215 413.640
Pernambuco
236.719
237.367 242.967
São Paulo
153.822
142.631 144.110
Paraná
78.979
69.035
66.000
Bahia
77.504
77.408
62.740
Santa Catarina
68.743
69.118
33.849
Minas Gerais
11.557
12.615
11.224
Paraíba
4.036
2.196
2.636
Goiás
3.524
4.008
2.566
Espírito Santo
2.226
2.327
2.469
Outros
4.556
4.382
4.858
Total
1.454.183 1.497.302 987.059
Fonte:IBGE.Elaboração:EmbrapaUvaeVinho.
Exportação brasileira de uvas, sucos, vinhos e derivados
Valores emUS$ 1.000,00 (FOB)
ALÉMFRONTEIRAS
Beyond frontiers
Discriminação
2014
2015
2016
Quant. Valor Quant. Valor Quant. Valor
Exportações
Uvas frescas (toneladas)
28.348 66.791 34.385 72.307 30.813 65.255
Suco de uva (toneladas)
4.953 12.866
2.610 5.866 2.809 6.924
Vinhos (1.000 litros)
2.324 7.473
1.254 2.926 1.787 4.475
Espumante (1.000 litros)
452 2.109
145 712
174 712
Total
89.239
81.811
77.366
Fonte:MDIC.Elaboração:EmbrapaUvaeVinho.
Production reached 987,059 tons
in 2016, down 34% from 2015
lograms of grapes, representing only 35.02%
of the national production. “The remain-
ing part of the production, 65.98%, was des-
tined for fresh consumption”, he explains. In
previous years, the fruits destined for the in-
dustryamountedto673,422tonsin2014and
781,412 tons in2015.
In spite of the economic and climate re-
lated adversities, Loiva has it that the per-
formance of the winegrowing sector was
good in 2016. “With the sharp reduction
in the production of grapes, the compa-
nies resorted to the stocks from the previ-
ous years to avoid supply shortages”, she
comments. “However, the low stocks cur-
rently existing could have negative reflec-
tions on commercialization over the next
years, should there be a new reduction in
the size of the grape crop”. She recalls that
the market of the sector was also regulat-
ed through higher prices of the rawmateri-
al and of grape-based products.
