Oil imports fall 23% in 2015

Exchange rate devaluation and political and economic crisis are mainly responsible for indentation
The oil market has recorded a fall of 23% on imports of 2015 compared to last year. With this, there was a retraction of 73 1000 tonnes in 2014, to 56 1000 last year.
According to Oliva (Brazilian Association of producers, importers and traders of olive oil), the exchange rate devaluation coupled with the political and economic crisis are the main responsible for the negative number in the industry. For 2016, predicting stability for the category.
Rita Bassi, President of the entity, alert to the fact that, due to the crisis, consumers may be wooed by products with very low price that actually are tampered with. Supermarkets should be stay alert to avoid such versions in the gondolas.