Management Report 2020
Management Report 2020
Hedge position
Currency and agricultural commodity hedge.
SLC Agrícola
The company's sales revenue is generated mainly from the sale of ag-
ricultural commodities, such as cotton, soybean and corn, which are
quoted in U.S. dollar on the foreign exchanges Chicago Board of Trade
(CBOT) and Intercontinental Exchange Futures US (ICE). Therefore, we
are actively exposed to variations in foreign exchange rates and in the
prices of these commodities.
To protect from currency variation we use derivative instruments, with
the portfolio of these instruments basically comprising non-deliverable
forwards (NDFs). In line with the Company's Risk Management Policy,
whose purpose is to obtain a pre-established Adjusted EBITDA margin
with a combination of factors such as Price, Foreign Exchange and Cost,
most of the instruments for protecting against commodity price varia-
tion are accomplished through advanced sales directly with our clients
(forward contracts). We also use futures and options contracts negoti-
ated on the exchange and swap and option transactions contracted
with financial institutions. The mark-to-market adjustments of future,
swap and option transactions are recorded under financial income (ex-
pense).
The hedge position for commodities (in relation to the estimated total
volume invoiced) and currency (in relation to the total estimated reve-
nue in U.S. Dollar) is shown below, broken down by commercial hedge
and financial hedge and updated as of March 15.
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