Below is the current price list for the basic shoping basket, we keep it updated so you can be sure the prices will be accurate.
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Products
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Quantity
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Monthly expense
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Annual |
Working Time* | ||
| April 2008 R$ |
April 2009 R$ |
April 2008 |
April 2009 |
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| Meat | 4,5 kg | 46,53 | 56,34 | 21,08 | 24h40m | 26h39m |
| Milk | 6 lt | 9,78 | 11,70 | 19,63 | 5h11m | 5h32m |
| Beans | 4,5 kg | 21,29 | 11,97 | -43,78 | 11h17m | 5h40m |
| Rice | 3,6 kg | 6,37 | 7,52 | 18,05 | 3h23m | 3h33m |
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Flour
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3 kg | 5,70 | 5,70 | 0,00 | 3h01m | 2h42m |
| Tomato | 12 kg | 23,52 | 25,20 | 7,14 | 12h28m | 11h55m |
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Bread
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6 kg | 34,56 | 32,94 | -4,69 | 18h19m | 15h35m |
| Coffee | 300 g | 2,65 | 2,68 | 1,13 | 1h24m | 1h16m |
| Banana | 7,5 dz | 13,80 | 12,83 | -7,03 | 7h19m | 6h04m |
| Sugar | 3 kg | 3,18 | 4,29 | 34,91 | 1h41m | 2h02m |
| Oil | 900 ml | 3,83 | 2,77 | -27,68 | 2h02m | 1h19m |
| Butter | 750 g | 9,69 | 10,08 | 4,02 | 5h08m | 4h46m |
| Total da Cesta | 180,90 | 184,02 | 1,72 | 95h54m | 87h04m | |
*The amount of time the minimum wage worker spends working to buy this Item
Basic shoping basket comparason between some of the major cities in Brazil, average prices in April 2009 in R$
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Products
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Central West |
Southeast
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South |
North/Northeast
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| Brasília | Goiânia | Rio de Janeiro |
São Paulo |
Curitiba | Floria- nópolis |
Porto Alegre |
João Pessoa |
Natal | Recife | |
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Meat
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2,11 | 11,16 | 10,66 | 12,21 | 12,12 | 11,01 | 13,84 | 12,52 | 12,82 | 11,25 |
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Milk
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1,50 | 1,74 | 2,19 | 2,02 | 1,67 | 1,66 | 1,53 | 1,95 | 2,27 | 2,19 |
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Beans
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3,87 | 2,57 | 3,19 | 2,88 | 2,97 | 3,25 | 3,25 | 2,66 | 2,82 | 2,61 |
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Rice
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2,03 | 1,80 | 2,37 | 2,06 | 1,78 | 2,09 | 1,85 | 2,09 | 2,20 | 2,28 |
| Flour | 2,25 | 1,87 | 2,05 | 1,94 | 1,43 | 1,86 | 1,48 | 1,90 | 1,93 | 2,17 |
| Potatoes | 2,04 | 2,00 | 2,22 | 2,24 | 1,89 | 1,51 | 1,86 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tomato | 2,56 | 2,27 | 2,27 | 2,78 | 1,90 | 1,85 | 1,99 | 2,10 | 1,67 | 1,58 |
| Bread | 5,94 | 6,28 | 6,53 | 6,03 | 5,03 | 5,82 | 5,93 | 5,49 | 5,51 | 5,41 |
| Coffee | 11,47 | 10,66 | 10,98 | 10,91 | 10,13 | 12,28 | 10,76 | 8,94 | 9,30 | 9,30 |
| Banana | 1,70 | 2,36 | 2,39 | 2,00 | 2,10 | 1,70 | 2,57 | 1,71 | 2,51 | 1,81 |
| Sugar | 1,76 | 1,36 | 1,66 | 1,46 | 1,49 | 1,74 | 1,51 | 1,43 | 1,47 | 1,32 |
| Oil | 2,47 | 2,28 | 2,73 | 2,37 | 2,29 | 2,55 | 2,40 | 2,77 | 2,81 | 2,64 |
| Butter | 16,10 | 15,32 | 16,66 | 16,31 | 11,57 | 16,39 | 15,72 | 13,44 | 16,16 | 16,02 |
| Monthly expense | 221,18 | 211,85 | 222,60 | 225,63 | 209,73 | 210,13 | 234,81 | 184,02 | 191,77 | 176,65 |
| Working time | 104h39m | 100h14m | 105h19m | 106h45m | 99h14m | 99h25m | 111h06m | 87h04m | 90h44m | 83h35m |
