Research Article

Assessment of the Economic Structure of Brazilian Agribusiness

Table 5

Agribusiness in the Brazilian wage structure in terms of basic and market prices, 2011.

AggregatesBasic prices
ValuesAggregate’s share (%) in wage of agribusiness Aggregate’s share (%) in Brazilian wageAggregate’s share (%) in GDP

A: inputs 11,532.264.910.7937.36
B: agriculture and livestock 33,625.0014.312.3117.64
C: agroindustry 84,270.9935.875.8045.49
D: distribution and services 105,484.6044.907.2637.77
Wage of agribusiness (A + B + C + D) 234,912.85100.0016.1634.25
E: industry 241,788.6516.6333.87
F: industry services 16,878.011.1617.61
G: services 960,075.4966.0543.18
Remaining wage of national economy (E + F + G) 1,218,742.1583.8440.18
Brazilian wage (A + B + C + D + E + F + G)1,453,655.00100.0039.09

AggregatesMarket prices
Average annual wage income per workerQuantity of national minimum wages

A: inputs 17,016.8131.22
B: agriculture and livestock 2,338.574.29
C: agroindustry 12,735.1523.37
D: distribution and services 13,896.8625.50
Wage of agribusiness (A + B + C + D) 8,027.4014.73
E: industry 18,143.7133.29
F: industry services 23,540.4843.19
G: services 17,067.1031.32
Remaining wage of national economy (E + F + G) 17,337.2231.81
Brazilian wage (A + B + C + D + E + F + G)14,600.7726.79

Note. Values in millions of Brazilian Real (BR R) currency.
Values in millions – national minimum wage of 2011 = BR R 545.