According to a survey of prices of agricultural items traded in the wholesale market in São Paulo, prices of long-life milk reached 7.82% in September, according to a survey by the Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA). Of the total of 23 items analyzed by the institute, 14 showed a reduction in quotations.
In comparison with September last year, the drop in prices is even higher and reaches 29.39%. With prices adjusted by the IPCA, the IEA notes that the price of this item in September 2017 was the lowest in the last five years. In 2016 and 2018, there were production problems due to the unfavorable climate, with a significant reduction in milk intake in 2016, and the aggravation of the truck drivers’ strike in 2018.
Two other products that come calling the attention of the food wholesale market analysts are the onion and the garlic. After a period of significant price increases between April and May 2018 – when there was a reduction of almost 8% in the entrance of the product in Ceagesp; that is, the warehouse stopped receiving 2.1 thousand tons -, the onion has been showing significant declines in the last months due to the entrance of the product of São Paulo and the Northeast.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.