Food prices: What are the products that rose the most after the road blockade?

Faced with the blockade of some highways in the interior of the country, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (midagri) reported the increase in the prices of some foods in the Great Wholesale Market of Lima and Wholesale Market No. 2 of Fruits.

It should be noted that today, Monday, December 12, a total of 5,704 tons of products entered the supply center, which represents -8.3% compared to the average of the four previous Mondays.

food prices

According to the Midagri price report, the snow peas jumped from S/ 4.25 to S/ 6.33 a kilogram, while the yellow cassava it rose from S/ 2.28 to S/ 2.58 per kilo.

Other products that register upward variations are the american beanstalk which went from S/ 1.73 to S/ 2.03 per kilogram, for its part, the yellow potato tumbayincreased from S/ 5.43 to S/ 5.73 per kg.

Among the foods that maintain their price per kilo are purple garlic (S/ 4.45), canary green beans (S/ 2.85), the butternut squash (S/ 1.05), among others.

As for protein, the price of live chicken per kilo remains at a maximum of S/ 4.70 and chicken eggs at S/ 7.30 per kilo.

Meanwhile, the product that has dropped in price according to the list is the serrano green bean from S/ 2.28 to S/ 2.13.

fruit prices

On the other hand, in the Wholesale Market No. 2 of Fruits, the red globe grape and the papaya jungle They have had a slight increase of 0.08% and 0.17% respectively in their prices per kilogram.

while the strong avocado has dropped from S/ 7.00 to S/ 6.93 and the Israel apple from S/ 0.88 to S/ 0.85 per kilo.

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