For the next weeksincluding Christmas and end of the year, the authorities of the Department of agriculture they ensure that there will be enough food to cover the consumer demand that increases for these dates.
According to the agricultural engineer and deputy minister of agricultural production and marketing of Department of agricultureEulalio Ramírez, in inventory they have 7.1 million quintals of rice, 120,000 quintals of beans, as well as garlic, onion, among other products.
“We have 7,100,000 quintals of rice in inventory that is enough for the next six months without any kind of problem; we have enough inventory of more than 120,000 quintals of beans, enough to cover the demand that we are going to have and by the end of January the harvest begins of beans.”deputy minister of agricultural production and marketing of the Ministry of Agriculture
Ramirez explained to Free Journal that, in the case of chicken, they have a schedule made to add three million more units to the 18 million that are already being produced today to meet consumer demand.
In addition, he said that: “Apart from that, we have 500,000 pounds of chicken pledged for any eventuality we can have it available to the security of the family basket. So, we also guarantee the pork and other products”.
pig for december
The president of the Dominican Association of Pig Farms (dog farm), louis brachesaid that, despite the fact that African swine fever has affected the pig population by 30%, for December they are bringing forward production in order to supply the market.
“We will have more than 15,000 roasting pigs available in two months”, assured the executive of dog farm.
Also, he told Free Journal than the kilo of finished pig on the farm it is around 150 pesos and that a pound of roast pork could vary between 250 and 350 pesos next month.
Jobs
In the Dominican Republic the pig sector it generates more than 58,000 direct and indirect jobs and has an infrastructure that exceeds 30,000 million pesos.
Prices according to Pro Consumer
The prices of several products sold in supermarkets, markets, warehouses and grocery stores show downward variations, according to the survey carried out by the National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro Consumer).
In the case of supermarkets, Pro Consumer made a survey of 34 products, they reflect reductions in their prices ranging from 0.03% to 6.36%.
The product that reflects the highest price decrease It is the yam, the pound of this item cost 55.60 pesos on October 6 of this year, 14 days later, on October 20, it is located at 51.68 pesos.
Other products that show price decreases are:
- red globe grapes with seeds (4.17%)
- Green bananas (3.54%),
- Red onion, the pound (3.13%),
- Instant milk powder (350 gram bag, 2.94%).
- Sardine Brunswick of 106 ounces (2.14%),
- in soybean oil, 16-ounce bottle (1.33%), among others.
markets
In the case of marketsin these establishments the products have higher price cuts. For example: 1.5-pound packages of vegetables went from costing 90 pesos to 71 pesos, for a reduction of 18.89 pesos, 20.99% less.
The package of cilantro register a low price of 16.33%.
When we go to see the prices of products such as the processed chicken It is explained that on October 6 it was at 73.67 pesos per pound, on the 20th of the same month its cost was at 71.17 pesos, for 3.39% less.
Instead, the pound of garlic first it went from 95 pesos to 93.61 pesos, for 1.46%; the pound of imported yellow onion shows a drop of 2.03%, after going from 54.72 pesos to 53.61 pesos in the aforementioned period.
Likewise, the chop pound of fresh pork is dispatched to the public in the markets at 118.33 pesos after lowering 0.28 cents, 0.23%. The smoked one is sold at 113.06 pesos, 0.73% less than on October 6. Most of the prices of vegetables show declines in the markets.
warehouses
In the warehouses, products such as yellow cheeseNorwegian cod with bones, oil, margarine, sausages, eggs, red beans, white cheese, super select garlic, among others, registered a price decrease between 0.06% and 3.61%.
In the case of pound of cream sugar, this went from 26.56 pesos to 25.60 pesos, for 3.61%; 16-ounce oil registers a drop of 2.16%, the pound of black beans 3.60%.
The super select garlic 1.77%, corn without coconut 1.40%, the 18-ounce pot of ground salt 3.24%, among others.
The basic products they have also experienced drops in their prices in grocery stores. The 64-ounce gallon of oil fell 23.82 pesos to settle at 370.59 pesos; The five-gallon bottle of water went from 58.08 pesos on October 6 to 81.56 pesos on the 20th of the same month.
The unit of green bananas It is sold in grocery stores at 24.21 pesos, according to Pro Consumidor, from October 6 to 20 of this year, that item fell 0.13 cents.
There is a list of 36 products that have registered drops in their prices, there are also 36 that have not presented price variations.
