The amount is R $ 83.5 billion, which is the revenue that the 215 cooperatives linked to the Ocepar System (Paraná) are expected to achieve in 2018, which represents an increase of 18.9% over the amount obtained last year, which was R $ 70.3 billion. The announcement was made last Thursday (06), in Curitiba, by the president of the organization, José Roberto Ricken, at the opening of the State Meeting of Cooperative Paranaenses.
More people are also joining the Cooperativismo of Paraná, which currently covers 1.8 million cooperatives, or 19.2% more compared to last year (1.5 million). Exports in the sector reached US $ 3.9 billion this year, 17.67% higher than in 2017 (US $ 3.3 billion). Cooperatives in Paraná are also closing the year, accounting for R $ 1.9 billion in investments, R $ 2.1 billion in taxes collected and a 3.8% increase in direct jobs generated, from 93,144 jobs in 2017 to 96,666 in this year.
“It is important to stress that most of the results obtained by the cooperatives are due to the conquest of new markets, adding value to production, optimizing structures and the process of integration in development in Paraná’s cooperativism,” said Ricken. “Where there is investment, you can be sure there is demand for jobs. In 2018, the cooperatives of Paraná created 3,522 new jobs, being common the search for workers tens of kilometers to meet the demand. Anyway, what is this other than regional development? “He added.
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According to the president of the Sistema Ocepar, all branches of the cooperative of Paraná have been successful in their activities. Agriculture, for example, has increased its share in the segment and today is responsible for 60% of the agricultural GDP of Paraná.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.