End of year promises high for traditional fruit

Sao Paulo-the seasonal increase in demand for fresh fruit to compose coffee tables end-of-year parties again gives strength to the prices in the industry. Already the reduction in the purchasing power of households may have impacted the demand for imports, as a result, they are cheaper, saving the exceptions of walnuts and chestnuts.
In summary, the Brazilian will have to tighten our belts for more Christmas, either by high price of domestic or imported offer low.
In mid-October, the indicator of Company Warehouses and general stores of São Paulo (Ceagesp) have announced the first high 2.73% of monthly, to the produce section, breaking string of six declines. "The trend is for bonuses, mostly from December, when the usually increment register consumption", said the Economist at Ceagesp, Flávio Godas.
Also based in October last, the national supply company (Conab) highlighted falls in values of fruits in supply centers (ceasas) in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Recife (PE), Belo Horizonte (MG) and others. Now, some traditional fruit to the period, as Niagara grape, pomegranate, pineapple and Litchi have entered bullish trajectory in São Paulo. Last month, only this advanced 4.41% at Ceagesp index.
Considered one of the most festive, the Litchi has to offer concentrated between November and December and 52% from the last month of the year. Currently, the average monthly price is at R$ 16.95 per kilo, against R$ 11.11 in 2015. Last year, Sao Paulo responded, by 82% of 12000 tonnes of Niagara grape marketed ceasa paulistano. Today, the average value is 19.86% annual variation, the R$ 5.49 per kilo.
In the case of imported, the President of the Brazilian fruit Institute (Ibraf), Moacyr Sami Fathi says that many orders were not closed and there is no more time for shopping. " Add to that the decrease of the buying momentum, "says he, on account of the economic situation of the families. On the other hand, the expectation for the import aggregate is high of 7.1% in value and 8.7% in volume, driven by yields breaks in Brazil, mainly from Apple.
This month, chestnuts and walnuts are the only ones imported from São Paulo who are warehousing with respective elevations 4.9% and 55.7%, when compared to November 2015. Date, apricot, cherry and plum, the most purchased, follow down.