Prices fell less than expected
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Helio Miguel
The minirreforma tax began in April this year, which reduced the rate of Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services (ICMS) on items of popular consumption, caused a drop in the prices of four product groups, but caught increases in two other categories.
While, on average, prices of household items (-1.54%), transport and communication (-1.07%), health and personal care (-0.40%) and food and beverages (-0.26 %) had reductions in accumulated from April to July, compared to March, the groups of clothing (4.79%) and personal expenses (1.33%) were increased.
The data was released yesterday by the Paraná Institute of Economic and Social Development (Ipardes), who collected monthly, some 35 thousand prices of produce affected by minirreforma using the same methodology used to calculate the Index of Consumer Price Index (CPI) .
In the period, only groups of household items and clothing had a change greater than the actual CPI, which closed down -2.64% and 4.23% respectively in these sectors.
In the categories of food and beverages in which the CPI from April to July closed at 1.80%, transport and communication (IPC 0.35%), health and personal care (1.66%) and personal expenses (4.36 %), the CPI growth was higher than that measured only among the products covered by the reform. The group housing, where the CPI ranged 3.59%, had no item with ICMS reduced.
Products
The declines in prices that attracted the most attention Ipardes in group household items were plastic utensils (-7.31%), stove (-3.14%), freezer (-7.53%), machine washing (-4.81%) and electric shower (-7.44%).
In food and beverages, the most significant falls were in mayonnaise (-5.91%), chicken broth (-6.82%), cornflakes (-7.60%), breakfast cereals (-8.15 %) and fruit gelatin powder (-9.14%).
The toothpaste, down -8.02% and the anti-infective drugs (-1.11%) and anti-inflammatory (-2.05%) were the highlights in category health and personal care.
Now, in groups that had high prices, the only highlight Ipardes appointed by the personal expenses was the notebook, which rose 9.52% in the period. In clothing, a number of items has increased in prices.
The Institute pointed out, among other products, all female sports (32.37%). In the same group, dropped the prices of items like suit (-8.65%), men's shirt (-8.88%), children's sporting group (-9.53%) and clothing female (-11.35%) .
Source: Paraná Online
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