Price of breads and pastas should rise 10%

According to Abimapi, an association that brings together manufacturers, there may be more adjustments during this year
The price of bread, crackers, pasta and cakes should back up 10% this year. Estimated by Abimapi (Brazilian Association of industries of cookies, pasta and breads & Industrialized Cakes), high may vary according to fluctuations of the exchange rate and other costs of the industries, such as electricity and labor.
According to Claudio Zanão, President of the Organization, over the past year, the adjustment was on average 12%. "The replacement costs won''t stop. Today, half of the flour is imported, and the energy and fuel costs also increased, "he says.
To give an idea, 60% to 70% of the composition of the pasta and bread is wheat. In the case of cookies, the percentage is 35%.