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Pound French bread goes up by R $ 14.40 in Rio and can get 10% more expensive this month

04/09/2013

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The high dollar has impacts for breakfast: French bread prices soared, and the pound of product can cost R$ 14.40, as the Talho Capixaba, in Leblon, in the South Zone of Rio, The increase is caused by higher imports of the main raw material - wheat flour - as more than half of Brazil consumes is imported, according to the Brazilian Association of Bakery and Confectionery (Abip).


Moreover, according to a note of the entity, the price is also affected by export restrictions mandated by the government of Argentina's largest supplier of wheat purchased by Brazil, the damage caused by frost in Parana state that produces more wheat for bread; and drought in the United States, responsible for the largest world crop. The president of the Association of Industrial Bakery River (Abipan-RJ), Jose Severiano Camara points out that the price of raw materials increased by 112% from October 2012 until today:


- If you continue at this pace, the roll should be 10% more expensive later this month.


Jarbas Casanova, employee Bakery and Confectionery Costa Bastos, in downtown Rio, explains that the establishment had to readjust this week, the price of a kilo of R$ 7 to R$ 8:

- But if it were proportional to the price of flour, a pound would cost about R$ 12.

 




Source: Extra - online

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