In the second half of 2016, there was an increase of 0.1% in the number of active establishments, from 7,818 in the first half of 2016 to 7,829. The Northeast Region had the highest rise in the number of such establishments (3.9%), whereas the North Region had the greatest drop (2.2%).

The total storage capacity available in Brazil registered in the second half of 2016, in active establishments in the survey, was of 168.0 million metric tons, 0.9% higher than in the previous half.

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In terms of installed capacity, the silos prevail in the Country, having reached 77.3 million metric tons in the second half of 2016, representing a growth of 3.2%.

Next are the automated and bulk warehouses, which achieved 64.3 million metric tons of storage storage capacity, recording growth of 0.2%. On the other hand, conventional, structural and inflatable warehouses added up to 26.5 million metric tons, which represented a drop of 3.6% in relation to the first half of 2016.

The distribution of the installed capacity in the Country, according to the types of storage, reveals that the silos have the greatest installed capacity, with almost 80 million metric tons, followed by the automated warehouses with almost 65 million metric tons. In this period, the survey highlights the storage capacity of the Country grew below the agricultural output growth.

Corn grains boost

On December 31 2016, the greatest storage in the storage facilities was corn grains (8.4 million metric tons), despite the 16.7% drop in the storage volume in comparison to the same date last year. The reduction is related to the output decrease of the grain in 2016, mainly for corn grain 2nd crop, which accounted for 61.6% of the total output.

Soybean grain was the product with the highest percentage increase (97.4%), a total of 6.3 million metric tons. However, the volume represents quite little over the national output of soybeans, which was 95.7 million metric tons.

Wheat grain presented an increase of 20.8% in the stocks, favored by the crop of 6.7 million metric tons, which represents a growth of 22.0%.

Coffee had a growth of 17.0% in stocks, following the 15.0% growth in the output, which reached 3.0 million metric tons.

The stocks of paddy rice was of 1.4 million metric tons, representing a reduction of 24.1% in the comparison with December 31, 2015. The volume reflects the lower production reached by the culture due to harsh weather conditions that stroke the South Region, which concentrates 80.0% of the national output.