Market for beans maintains prices despite restricted supply

The bean market ends the week maintaining stable prices in the main producing centers, despite clear signs of supply restriction and a reduced volume of business. Data from the Brazilian Bean and Pulses Institute show that, even with low availability of lots, quotations remain at the same recent levels, masking a tightening that tends to become more evident in the coming days. In the carioca note 9 to 10 variety, prices remained virtually unchanged in regions such as Curitiba, Eastern Goiás, and São Paulo, while some centers recorded slight weekly and monthly adjustments, both positive and negative. In the Northwest of Minas Gerais and in Sorriso, weekly variations were upward, reflecting the punctual scarcity of product, although the market does not react more forcefully. For the carioca note 8 to 8.5, the behavior was similar, with small daily and weekly oscillations and monthly gains in regions of the Midwest, indicating a fragile balance between supply and demand. In black ...