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03.12.2015
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Imported products such as backpacks, lunch boxes and cases, will rise from 20% to 30%
Agency Brazil
Rio - The school supplies should be on average 10% more expensive in 2016, according to forecasts by the Brazilian Association of Manufacturers and Importers of School Articles (Abfiae). The association provides that products manufactured in the country, such as pen, eraser and school mass may be increased up to 12% and imported products such as backpacks, lunch boxes and cases, will rise from 20% to 30%.
According to Abfiae in the last 12 months the items of school materials rose by an average of 10% and it is expected that this percentage will continue in the coming year. The devaluation of the real, the increase in inputs and labor contributing to the increase.
"The increase will be higher than in previous years, which has been slightly below inflation. This year will be up because of the devaluation of the exchange rate, which has an impact on the entire production chain, "says the association's president, Rubens Passos. According to him, both importers as the domestic industry will feel the impact. The estimated reduction in sales is 5% to 10% compared to 2014.
In this scenario, the president of the association recommends that parents and guardians who search well before buying the material and anticipate purchases. "Many retailers bought products in the first half of this year even without an increase in prices that occurred from July. These retailers have not suffered with the increases and are at best average. The more get anticipate purchases, will lower prices, "he explains.
The president of the Association of Parents and Students Federal District (DF-Aspa), Luis Claudio Megiorin, recommends that parents and caregivers stay tuned to the school supply list. By Law 12,886 / 2013, schools can not force parents to buy materials for collective use as toilet paper or reams of paper. "Just look at the legislation that protects them, parents can save 30-40% in spending on school supplies," he says.
Megiorin Another tip is that those responsible explain to children and teenagers the economic difficulties that the country is going through and the incentive to choose cheaper products. "It is a time of home economics learning. Parents should teach you not give a new case a new backpack or a notebook to a more expensive brand because the economy is difficult. "
Source: Agency Brazil
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