Brazil’s first quarter sales rise 6.4% YoY

Brazil’s first quarter sales rose 6.4 per cent YoY to 17.1Mt, preliminary data from SNIC shows.

Sales in March reached 5.6Mt, representing YoY growth of 1.9 per cent compared to the same month of 2013.

Cumulative sales for the last 12 moths (April 2013 – March 2014) rose by 4.3 per cent against the comparative period  of the previous year (April 12 – March 2013).