The Minister of the Civil House, said on Friday that the government could change import rates of products that are higher prices in Brazil than in the international market, to cheapen the cost of food in the country.
In an interview with journalists after a meeting on the subject with the president in Brasilia, Costa also said that 2025 has the prospect of a supersafra, which should increase supply and cheaper food. He also stressed that the price formation in the country is done by the market, not artificially.
For Costa, food prices were strongly related to the high of international commodity quotes, something not related to the Brazilian economy.
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“The government’s conviction is that prices form in the market, not artificially produced,” he said.
“No heterodox measure will be adopted. There will be no price freezing, tabulation, supervision. He (Lula) even joked that he will not have Lula’s inspector in supermarkets and fairs. It will not have a state -owned supermarket or store chain to sell products, it does not exist, ”he added.
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In 2024, inflation in Brazil burst the roof of the goal, with food collaborating to press prices, which led Lula to complain about the high costs to workers, defending actions to reverse this scenario.
Costa also said that Lula wants the government’s greater focus on policies that focus stimuli on basic basket products.
He reaffirmed that one of the measures seeks to reduce the cost of intermediation of food voucher operations.
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According to the minister, the government will also follow in dialogue with the private sector to evaluate measures, specifically citing supermarket and refrigerators.
