Consumption in Brazilian homes grows 2.14% in the four-month period

The result includes store formats: wholesale, conventional supermarket, neighborhood store, hypermarket, minimarket and e-commerce. All indicators are deflated by the Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), measured by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

According to data from Abras, the value of the basket of 35 products of general consumption (food, beverages, meat, cleaning products, hygiene and beauty items) increased by 0.53% in April, making the price the national average from R$747.35 in March to R$751.29 in April.

The main drops in prices came from onion (-7.01%), soy oil (-4.44%), creamy margarine (-0.93%). Among proteins, the decreases were led by beef with hindquarter (-1.16%) and front (-0.86%) cuts.

Frozen chicken (-0.36%) and ham (-0.51%) also registered a reduction in prices. In 12 months, the prices of beef cuts in supermarkets have accumulated a fall of 11%. The increases were due to tomatoes (+10.64%), long life milk (+4.96%), beans (+4.41%), potatoes (+3.96%), cassava flour (+2 .87%), eggs (+2.46%).

In the cleaning category, increases were driven by disinfectant (+1.63%), bleach (+1.25%), liquid dish detergent (+0.44%), powdered soap (+0.16% ). Among hygiene and beauty products, toothpaste (+1.35%), soap (+1.12%), shampoo (+0.83%), toilet paper (+0.73%) recorded the highest price change . Among hygiene and beauty products, toothpaste (+1.35%), soap (+1.12%), shampoo (+0.83%), toilet paper (+0.73%) recorded the highest change in prices.

In the regional analysis of the performance of the baskets, the biggest variation was registered in the Center-West (+1.06%) where the basket changed from R$ 696.45 in March to R$ 703.81 in April. In the other regions, the changes were: Southeast (+0.72%), Northeast (+0.46%), North (+0.16%) and South (+0.04%).

According to the vice-president of Abras, Marcio Milan, in the semester, the new readjustment of the minimum wage, the readjustment of the salaries of federal servants, the refund of the first batch of the 2023 Income Tax, the extension of the income tax exemption to R$ 2,640.00, the anticipation of the 13th of INSS retirees and pensioners should move the economy.

“The combination of the slowdown in food prices, the sequence of declines in meat prices and the resources injected into the economy brought more consistency to household consumption in the four-month period. In June, the continuation of the redemption of PIS/Pasep resources, the payment of precatorios from the INSS, the maintenance of the federal government’s income transfer programs – Bolsa Família and Primeira Infância and the implementation of the Variable Benefit for children, adolescents and pregnant women and payment of Gas Aid tend to contribute to the composition of the food basket”, he said.