Crushing has a strong drop; prices fall less

The rains, excessive in some areas, significantly reduced the pace of cassava harvesting in the last week in all regions monitored by Cepea. Given this scenario, researchers explain that companies brought forward collective vacations, resulting in a significant drop in the volume of crushing. Thus, although the supply of raw material remained above industrial demand, prices fell to a lesser extent. A survey by Cepea shows that the nominal average price per ton of cassava delivered to the starch factory was R$ 508.07 this week (R$ 0.8836 per gram of starch), a decrease of 1.4% compared to the previous period. Among the derivatives, still according to the Research Center, the pace of business ...