ABIMAPI Registers High of 4.3% in the sector in 2016

The Brazilian Association of industries Biscuits, pasta and breads & Cakes (ABIMAPI) industrial, in partnership with the consultancy Nielsen, announces the industry performance data in 2016. Together, the three categories represented by the entity reached a total of R$ billion, 36.862 high of 4.3% from 2015. "The biggest turnover registered in function of partial transfers that the industry needed to make retailers, as a result of the increased cost of production", explains Claudio Zanão, Chief Executive of ABIMAPI. In the volume sector registered 2.8% drop, with about of 3,400,000 tonnes sold, as well as in per capita consumption, which retreated from 17 kg/year to 16.5 kg/year.
Biscuit category according to the data, the billing cookie industries grew 3.9%, reaching R$ 21.853 billion in 2016. As well as the industry in whole, this category showed a decrease of 2.7% in sales volume-with around of 1.7 million tons and per capita consumption also drop, with 8, 2 kg/year. The Donuts have recorded 7.5% increase in sales volume and 14.5% in revenues. Maria cookies already/cornstarch grew 1.5% in sales volume and 11% in revenues. The stuffed, who lost strength compared to the same previous period, accounted for 25% of the market segment in 2016.
Pasta Meanwhile, the pasta market surged to 5.6% compared to the previous year, with revenues of R$ 8.744 billion in 2016. This time, the dried pasta (representing 81.4% of the total consumed) pulled growth, with revenues of R$ 5.453 billion, followed by the instant (15%), with R$ 2.627 billion. The fresh pasta (3.6%) moved R$ 663 million. Domestic production fell 2% in 2016, with 1.24 million tons against 1.26 million tons the previous year. The per capita consumption reached was 6.02 kg/year, 2.7 percent less than 2015.
Industrialized breads and cakes according to the data released by the ABIMAPI, the so-called "loaves" expanded 4.5% of revenues in about 2015, reaching R$ 5.414 billion. In total, there were 440,700 tons of products sold, fall of 4.9% compared to the previous year, reflecting the reduction of 6% per capita consumption of 2.15 kg/year. Industrialized cakes already introduced equal billing to the previous year, R$ 851 million. The total sales volume fell by about 9%, reaching 33700 tons, with per capita of 0.16 kg/year-10% lower value than for 2015. According to Claudio Zanão, the potential for both categories is increasing and two factors are paramount and will continue as a strong trend in the coming years: innovation and healthiness. "Recently released a loaf of bread in small portions, attend smaller families or people who live alone and want to avoid waste. This is a movement already observed in the segment of cakes, which has strong demand for monoporções, for example, "concludes the Executive.