October 23, 2024, 18:41 PM
October 23, 2024, 18:41 PM
The Sofía company already sent, between Tuesday and Wednesday, some 40 tons of chicken to the La Paz market, They informed EL DEBER from the private food company.
Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos (TAB) participates in this process, in time to specify that the shipment is only for La Paz and that It becomes more expensive, given that a “ground shipment is around 60 boliviano cents.” per kilo and, when an airlift is made, the price is Bs 6 per kilo of chicken,” they pointed out from Sofia.
On Tuesday, the Vice Minister of Logistics and Internal Trade, Grover Lacoa, reported that it is planned to enable air bridges to transport, daily, about 40,000 units of chicken meat to markets in La Paz, This with the aim of lowering the price per kilo of this food that was sold for up to Bs 21.
Lacoa also regretted that the national economy and the supply to the family basket are affected by the blockades.
“The blockade It is harming not only the transit of finished products, or food, but also of raw materials; of exports, imports and fuels. It is a very complicated time due to the drought, you start planting and this blockade comes,” he said.
He recalled that the route Santa Cruz – Cochabamba – La Paz, a route through which 85% of the national cargo is moved, is affected by blockades.
