Under Bolsonaro, Brazil’s wholesale sector grew 18.1% and had sales of US$73 billion in 2022

In 2022, Brazil’s wholesale and distributor sector registered an income of R$364  (US$73) billion at retail price.

The Associação Brasileira de Atacadistas e Distribuidores (Abad) revealed the data in partnership with Nielsen IQ. The survey also showed that the performance was positive in all operation models.

The national wholesale distributor showed a nominal growth of 18.1% compared to the previous year.

The president of Abad, Leonardo Severini, evaluates the excellent moment of the sector. “The food retail sector is experiencing a good moment. The country’s economic situation is leading to this moment, and food consumption is significant for our sector,” says Severini.

The president of the Association also highlights that the growth of the wholesale market has favored generating jobs for the population in general.

“Our operation, as the wholesale distributor and as the retailer itself, is a physical operation. The more it grows, the more people it needs to be handling and transporting these goods to reach the homes of these consumers.”

“The more we see a favorable movement, the more we tend to reinvest to take advantage of the good moment”, he concludes.

The economy professor, Denis Medina, reminds that in 2022, consumption had the reinforcement of income distribution programs in parallel to the reduction of unemployment in the country.

“The Brazil-Aid contributed to families having more income and, therefore, consuming this in the wholesalers, and the rise in the employment level itself. With more people working, it generated more consumption in the wholesalers,” explains Medina.

The professor also says that the sector’s growth continues as a trend in the country.

“The trend is that we still have low unemployment and an Economically Active Population at the highest historical levels. He concluded that many people are working, generating income, and consuming”.

The ranking evaluated 650 companies representing 53.8% of the sector’s revenues, which is looking forward to the second semester, which is traditionally more heated than the first.

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