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15/10/2012
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Consumers should look for cheaper alternatives while costs do not fall
The dish salad Brazilian walks weighing in the balance and this is not just an impression of the consumer: from January to September this year, the price of tubers, roots and vegetables increased by 48.49%, well above the overall rate of 3 77%, determined by official inflation, the CPI (Consumer Price Index Broad).
Foods like tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, onions and cassava are getting more expensive at the table and raising the basket of Brazil. Inflation them is higher than that of meat and fish, which accumulate variation of 5.46% in the year, and also that of the chicken, whose index was up 5.64% in the period.
According to the economic advisor of Fecomercio-SP (Federation of Commerce of the State of São Paulo) Julia Ximenes, the months of September and October are not very amenable to the tubers.
- There is a period of very abundant availability of these items. However, there are other problems affecting these fresh products, such as lack of rains, the need for irrigation (which increases the cost of production) and increased cost of shipping. The pressure caused by these factors affect the final price of food.
To circumvent this high, consumers should research prices, Julia recommends. Another alternative is to try to consume as far as possible, products that have more availability at this time of year and not suffer as much with the weather problems.
- In the case of vegetables can include eggplant and asparagus, for example.
The Ceagesp (Society of General Warehouses of São Paulo), which facilitates the marketing, distribution and storage of horticultural products, confirms the enhancement of the potato on the table of São Paulo, as the decrease in production.
Prices rose 32.1% in September and the pound rose from R$ 1.15 to R$ 1.52, reports the economist Ceagesp Flavio Godas.
- In fact, seasonal problems and reduced production volume offered here on potato Ceagesp. The trend is that the situation will normalize later this month.
Consumers can feel the food relieving pocket this year, says Julia. In November, the harvest is now more favorable for potato tubers and inflation, beet and carrot starts to slow down.
The arrival of the rains will also benefit items such as turnip, cucumber, peppers and tomatoes, the latter the villain in recent months.
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