Bem Quer community | Cana community | |
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Quantity of straw leaves (in thousands of leaves) | ||
Extracted per year | 150 to 600 thousand | 200 to 900 thousand |
Extracted per day | 20 to 30 thousand | 20 to 50 thousand |
Quantity of leaves necessary to obtain 1 kg of powder | 1000 leaves | 1000 leaves |
Values (R$/US$) | ||
Sale of the powder from the open leaves—each kilogram | R$ 2.50 to 3.00 (US$ 0.59 to 0.71)a | R$ 5.00 (US$ 1.20)a |
Sale of the powder from closed leaves (carnaúba “eye”)—each kilogram | R$ 5.50 to 6.00 (US$ 0.76 to 1.44)a | R$ 7.00 to 8.00 (US$ 1.68 to 1.70)a |