Conab holds more auctions to support the commercialization of cocoa beans

Two more auction operations Equalizer Award Paid to Rural Producers (Pepro) e Product Flow Award (PEP) will be held next Thursday (24/11), by the National Supply Company (Conab). The objective continues to be to guarantee minimum prices for cocoa beans produced in the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Pará and Rondônia, for both modalities. The corresponding notices are numbers 76 and 77.

In the case of Pepro, the operation is for the sale and disposal of almost 1,13 thousand tons of cocoa beans, from the 2022/2023 harvest. For PEP the quantity is the same, 1,13 thousand tons of cocoa beans, from the same harvest.

For both Pepro and PEP, the quantities of product in kg per state are: 500 thousand in Bahia, 75 thousand in Espírito Santo, 500 thousand in Pará and 50 thousand in Rondônia.

In the case of PEP, agro-industries, processing industries and traders receive the prize after proving the purchase of the product at the minimum price, currently defined at R$ 12,99/kg, and transport to permitted destinations. In Pepro, the premium is offered to the producer or cooperative that makes the sale for the difference between the minimum price and the value of the Equalizing Premium sold and proves the sale under the conditions set out in the Notice.

The intention is to guarantee the maintenance of minimum product prices and comply with the Federal Government's Minimum Price Guarantee Policy (PGPM). The action was authorized by the Interministerial Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) No. 4, of 10/10/2022, which defined a volume of resources of up to R$30 million for the disposal of the harvest product 2022/2023, originating in the specified states and destination to any location in Brazil.

On the date of carrying out the operations, participants must be registered on the Commodities Exchange on which they intend to operate and in good standing with the Defaulters Registration and Control System (Sircoi) and the National Rural Producers Registry System (Sican) of Conab , in addition to having a regular registration in the Unified Supplier Registration System (Sicaf), as well as before the Federal Treasury and Social Security, among other requirements set out in the Notices.