Fruit sales inallmajor DistributionCenters
(Ceasas) throughout the Country went up in
2017, but revenue did not keep pacewith this
rising trend, suggesting smaller prices. The to-
tal volume of fruit sales amounted to 4.816
million tons, up 447.440 thousand tons from
the volume negotiated in 2016. In revenue,
theresultofthesalesattheCeasasreachedR$
12.894billionin2017,representinganincrease
ofR$171.770million.Thesedataaresurveyed
by the Brazilian Horticultural Market Mod-
ernization Program (Prohort), of the National
FoodSupplyAgency(Conab).
The Prohort/Conab database is viewed as
the biggest and the most comprehensive in
theCountry,gettinginformationfrom117fruit
varieties, from the different Brazilian regions.
Conab, through the Prohort Bulletin Horticul-
turalSalesintheDistributionCenters,publish-
esamonthlyanalysisonthebehaviorofprices
andvolumesoffruitsandvegetablescommer-
cializedinallmajorCeasasacrosstheCountry,
furnishedbythecentersthemselves..
Prices and their variations can be ac-
cessed at the Prohort/Conab site, through
the InformationSystemon theBrazilianSup-
ply Markets (Simab) and in the Horticultur-
al Bulletin. Through this system, it is possi-
ble to check the history of price variations for
thespecifiedperiod.“Onecanhaveagraspof
the example set by the apple, which, in 2016,
registered a crop shortfall that resulted into
stable average prices above the levels of the
previous year and higher compared to 2017”,
explainseconomistErickdeBritoFarias,mar-
ketanalystandmanager atConab’sHorticul-
turalMarketModernizationprogram.
Five fruits alone accounted formore than
half of the total sales in 2017. Together, or-
anges, bananas, papayas, apples and water-
melons amounted to a total of 2.629 million
tons in 2017, higher than the 2.447 million
tons traded last year. Oranges accounted for
Ready to
choose
Partial commercializationof fruits reached
4.816million tons and R$ 12.894 billion in 2017,
exceeding the results of the previous year
Five fruits, of
117 varieties,
account for
more than half
of the volume
the biggest volume, with 778,151 thousand
tons, the only one that receded in compar-
ison to the amount traded in 2016. Banana
sales reached 606.956 thousand tons, fol-
lowed by 449.909 thousand tons of papaya,
412.289thousandtonsofapplesand381.943
thousand tons of watermelons. The species
that came next were pineapples, mangoes,
lemons, tangerines, melons, coconut, pas-
sion fruit,pears,grapes,avocadosandothers.
The main fruit supplier is the State of São
Paulo, with a share of 31% of the volume,
where the highlights are oranges, lemons and
watermelons. The States of Bahia and Minas
Geraishadashareof11%involume,each.The
most available fruits in Bahia were papayas,
mangoes and bananas; and in Minas Gerais,
bananas and pineapples. These states are
followed by Espírito Santo (8%), Pernambu-
co (7%) and imported items (5%). The states
of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do
SulandSantaCatarinasupplied4%,each.The
shares of the other states are as follows: Ser-
gipe(3%),Goiás(2%)andRiodeJaneiro(2%).
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NEGÓCIOS DOMÉSTICOS
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DOMESTIC BUSINESSES
Volume e valorde frutas comercializadasnas Centraisde Abastecimento
Volume (KG)
Valor (R$)
2017
4.816.478.544
12.894.689.578,29
2016
4.369.037.802
12.722.919.493,25
Fonte: Conab/Prohort.
Campeãs de vendas
•
LEADER IN SALES
As cincofrutasmais comercializadasnas Centraisde Abastecimento
2016 Volume (KG)
2017 Volume (KG)
Laranja
797.397.908
778.151.648
Banana
527.153.659
606.956.452
Mamão
404.590.436
449.909.429
Maçã
360.992.553
412.289.209
Melancia
357.787.976
381.943.971
Total
2.447.922.532
2.629.250.709
Fonte: Conab/Prohort.
