Bayer CropScience dijo que las ventas aumentaron 6.6% en el primer trimestre a $3.45 mil millones impulsados por la fuerza en Europa y los fungicidas.
“Despite a weakened market environment, particularly in North and South America, Crop Protection/Seeds improved slightly against the strong prior-year level,” CEO Dr. Marijn Dekkers said. CropScience registered significant growth in the Europe region, where business expanded by 16.9% adjusted for foreign currency exchange rates. However, sales on an exchange rate adjusted-basis fell 15.1% in North America, 4.3% in Asia/Pacific and 3.2% in Latin America/Africa/ Middle East.
The company’s fungicides business posted double-digit growth of 22.4%. Sales of products for use in cereals developed particularly well. The seeds unit also developed positively, rising 8.2%, especially with products for oilseed rape/canola and soybeans. By contrast, sales were down 16.7% at SeedGrowth, insecticides (down 12.5%) and herbicides (down 8.5%). Sales of Environmental Science rose 4.2%, with positive development both in the consumer business and in products for professional users.
El EBITDA antes de partidas especiales del subgrupo se ubicó en 5.3% por debajo del sólido trimestre del año anterior en $1.16 mil millones, afectado por los efectos negativos del tipo de cambio. Si bien los precios de venta más altos tuvieron un efecto positivo, los volúmenes fueron menores y los gastos de venta aumentaron.