Despite the boom, sweet that dominated social networks in recent days, the price of fruit is falling and the sector is still supplied, according to information from Ceagesp (Company of Entrepreneurs and General Warehouses of São Paulo).
According to data from the company provided to CNNprices are lower in the monthly and annual comparisons.
In this week’s quote, a kilo of ordinary strawberry was being sold at $ 23.14 – on average $ 23.97 for the month.
Compared to the previous month, the price reduction is almost 32%. In relation to last year, the fall is 17.3%.
The drop in price follows the increase in the shelves. Last week, there were more than 240 tons for sale, that is, more than 240 thousand fruit box – 237 thousand only of ordinary strawberry.
This most popular variety of fruit in the market had an increase of 9.3% of supply compared to last year. Compared to last month, the growth is 63.4%.
