After eight months of successive adjustments, the Ipardes Regional Food and Beverage Price Index (IPR – Food and Beverage) for the state of Paraná registered a drop of 0,82% during the month of May. In Maringá, inflation also closed at -0,82% in this fifth month of the year.
In general, the behavior of food prices in the state was a reflection of the declines observed in all municipalities surveyed. The greatest variation occurred in Londrina, with a decline of 1,29%, followed by Foz do Iguaçu (-0,98%), Cascavel (-0,94%), Maringá (-0,82%), Curitiba (-0,57%) and Ponta Grossa (-0,30%).
In the case of Maringá, the main “drivers” are tomatoes, carioca beans and bananas, with drops of -21,12%, -15,64% and -12,92%, respectively.
In fact, tomatoes led the decline in all municipalities where the survey was carried out, with a variation of -23,31% in Curitiba, -21,43% in Cascavel, -21,24% in Foz do Iguaçu, -21,12% in Maringá, -17,75% in Ponta Grossa and -17,58% in Londrina.
“The advance of the harvests provided an increase in the volume of supply of tomatoes, bananas and oranges, resulting in lower prices for the consumer. On the other hand, the transition of the onion and potato harvests contributed to the increase in their respective prices in the state of Paraná”, says the IPR of Ipardes.
Of the 35 products surveyed, 20 showed a drop in May, registering a diffusion index of 57,14%. The highlights were the variations that occurred in tomatoes (-20,43%), bananas (-10,26%) and oranges (-9,29%).
On the other hand, onions, potatoes and margarine registered increases of 13,95%, 7,50% and 2,76%, respectively. “On the other extreme, onions were the products with the highest price increases in Curitiba, 18,22%, in Ponta Grossa, 17,95%, in Maringá, 17,54%, in Londrina, 14,79% and in Cascavel, 13,87%. In Foz do Iguaçu, the sharpest increase occurred with potatoes, 7,27%”, says the survey.
In addition to onions, in May in Cidade Canção, potatoes registered an increase of 6,88% and mayonnaise, 3,91%.
Coffee in 12 months
As a reflection of this monthly behavior, according to the Ipardes IPR, the accumulated index for the last 12 months fell to the lowest level since August 2024, with a variation of 8,82% for the period.
This metric was 9,54% in Ponta Grossa, 9,01% in Cascavel, 8,78% in Curitiba and Maringá, 8,53% in Londrina and 8,24% in Foz do Iguaçu.
The accumulated variation for each item surveyed indicated that the highest increase in Paraná occurred in coffee, 86,92%, followed by soybean oil, 26,72% and pork leg, 26,16%. The highlights with a decrease were onion, 41,78%, potatoes, 35,27% and black beans, 23,66%.
In the last 12 months, the increase in the price of coffee was 95,71% in Londrina, 90,91% in Curitiba, 90,51% in Foz do Iguaçu, 88,78% in Cascavel, 81,32% in Ponta Grossa and 75,03% in Maringá.
In Cidade Canção, two other foods accounted for the highest prices: thigh/drumstick, 32,93%; and soybean oil, 29,14%.
Onions fell in all municipalities, with a variation of 47,28% in Ponta Grossa, 42,82% in Maringá, 42,48% in Foz do Iguaçu, 42,42% in Londrina, 38,74% in Cascavel and 36,30% in Curitiba.
The declines also stood out in the Maringá scenario with potatoes, -38,14%; and black beans, -21,5%.
Understand
Ipardes publishes monthly the variation of the Ipardes Regional Price Index – Food and Beverages (IPR – Food and Beverages), composed of 35 products, and covering Paraná and the cities of Cascavel, Curitiba, Foz do Iguaçu, Londrina, Maringá and Ponta Grossa.
The prices used to calculate the index are extracted from Electronic Consumer Invoices (NFC-e) issued by commercial establishments and made available by the Paraná State Revenue Service, respecting tax confidentiality criteria.
The composition of the product basket reflects the consumption pattern of families with incomes between 1 and 40 minimum wages, as portrayed by the IBGE's 2018 Household Budget Survey (POF). To calculate the IPR – Food and Beverages, approximately 382 thousand records of electronic consumer invoices (NFC-e) issued by 366 commercial establishments, distributed across six major municipalities in the State of Paraná, are used.
