Mercado atacadista de frutas e hortaliças: Uma análise no município de Belém, estado do Pará.

Abstract

The supply of fresh produce in the city of Belém-Pará is carried out through the availability of regional products that enter, mainly, through the ports managed by the Municipality of Belém (PMB), and products imported from other regions through the Central de Abastecimento do Pará (CEASA- SHOVEL). Despite the literature highlighting this distribution flow for the wholesale market of fruits and vegetables in Pará, more specifically for the city of Belém, more detailed information and analyzes on the functioning of the warehouses managed by the PMB were not identified. In view of this, the research aimed to analyze the commercialization in this market, examining the volume of regional products that supply fairs and other establishments in the municipality, identifying the diversification and seasonality of the supply of these products. In addition to evaluating the seasonal behavior of prices of fruits and vegetables marketed CEASA-pa. For this, secondary databases were used with the Secretariat of Economy of the Municipality of Belém (SECON) with data on the volume of products sold in the ports of Belém (PA), namely: Ports of the açaí fair, Porto do açaí, Porto de Icoaraci and Porto da straw. As well as data from the Household Budget Survey (POF)/Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the National Supply Company (CONAB) - through B.I (business intelligence) for analysis of the price behavior of fruits and vegetables sold at CEASA-PA The methodologies used were volume time series analysis, for seasonal identification of the quantity of fruits and vegetables sold in the wholesale market of Belém (2002-2021), in addition to Simpson's diversity index for the analysis of the diversity of regional products. And analyzes of time series of prices of fruits and vegetables offered at CEASA-PA to verify the average seasonal index (ISM) for the period from 2015 to 2021. For both evaluations, maximum averages were verified in the first semester, which for price analysis may mean lower product offerings. Based on Simpson's index, a considerable diversity of products offered in the ports of Belém over the years was contacted. Thus, it is believed that the results of this research add to more information and understanding regarding the supply of products in the ports of Belém, as well as better seasonal monitoring of prices arising in the wholesale market of Belém. Contributing to the reordering of the local social, political and economic sphere.