Dollar favors national fish

Sao Paulo-a prior assessment, Warehouses and general stores of São Paulo (Ceagesp) has already identified an average increase of 15% in the prices of fish imported for Holy week this year. With the pressure of the dollar on traditional salmon and cod, the Christian holiday should drive demand for the product, which had national fall of 1.5 percent in the period.
Every month, the leading provider of wholesale and retail trades between 4 and 4.5 paulista 1000 tons of fish. At this time, until Easter, the search comes up about of 40%. For 2016, the Economist at the company, Flávio Godas, designs maintenance of this percentage.
"Despite a possible growth in consumption, the nationals are moving towards price stability. So far, a drop of around 1.5% over the same period last year, "says the expert. The reduction in values culminates with issues related to the supply chain. In General, the extraction of some species is prohibited in certain periods, called closure. Remember that the sardine Godas, for example, is out this season of prohibition, i.e. with ample supply. The rains were also satisfactory for the sector.
In addition, the Ceagesp tends to receive a smaller volume of imported product to the Economist, the crisis in the country, the reduction in the purchasing power of families, can make the runoff. The salmon is from Chile, while the cod comes from Portugal and Norway. Nationals come mainly from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Santa Catarina.
By 11th grade, the company promotes to Santa Fish fair, which runs until tomorrow. In the period, which began last Monday (21), the expectation is to market 400 tonnes of fish and seafood, with a focus on value products more accessible.
The economy may reach 50%, as is the case of the cation, which is R$ 12.99 a pound and free fairs is sold at $ 25 a pound on average.
Obstacle
On the other hand, in the first links in the chain, the scene is not as favorable. The municipality of São João da Boa Vista (SP), the Fish acts to replace fish that go into commercial distribution. "Formerly the producer used a line of credit to buy food, put the fish for fattening removed in Holy week and paid their disputes. Now, they''re not making loans and the price of feed has gone up between 25% and 40%, "says the INN the business owner, Adriano Tella.
According to him, the cost of food represents about 80% of the expenses of the fish farmers. The difficulty in granting credit, has been reported by several agricultural segments.
Before the Fish sold 80 million FRY-fish fresh out of the egg-today the estimate is selling only 3 million. "In most cases, we have done the maximum of 30% of the fish," adds Tella.