Food prices: What were the products that rose the most in November?

This Thursday, December 1, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported that the accumulated inflation rate in Peru between January and November was 7.6%, with a monthly index of 0.52% in the penultimate month of the year.

Likewise, the technical report indicated that in the last twelve months (December 2021 to November 2022), inflation was 8.45%, an index that differs greatly from the government’s target range that establishes a ceiling of 3% for the annual price increase.

Within this framework, it was observed that the category of food and non-alcoholic beverages presented the second highest variation in prices with 0.77%. Next, find out which were the products that became more expensive in November.

What were the foods that rose the most in price?

According to the INEI study, the fish and shellfish They were the ones with the greatest variation, since their costs increased by 5.48%. Within this segment, the bonito was the one that contributed the most to this rise, with 38.2%.

There was also an increase in meat, including turkey at 5.1%, ribs and pork leg, both with 4.5%.

In addition, the price of eviscerated chicken rose by 3.5%, as well as its cuts: wings (3.8%), breast (2.2%) and chicken leg (1.4%).

On the other hand, bread and cereals rose 1.19% during the month of November. Sweet cookies increased by 3.9%, panettone by 3.8%, dipped cookies by 3.4%, salty cookies by 2.4%.

Likewise, sweet cakes rose 2.6%, sliced bread 1.8% and ciabatta bread 1.2%.

Similarly, prices increased for long pasta noodles (3.2%) and packaged oats (1.5%).

What were the products that dropped in price?

These increases were offset by the lower prices recorded in the vegetables, legumes and tubers category.

White potatoes were one of the products that dropped the most in price, by 7%. Following it, the color potato fell by 4.1% and the yellow potato by 0.9%.

In addition to this, the price of corn fell by 2.5%, Chinese onion fell by 6.1%, head onion by 4.7%, carrot by 3.9% and whole garlic by 2.7%.

Also, the prices of chicken eggs fell by 1.9% and fresh cow cheese by 1.7%.

Other products that decreased were fruits, including mango at 22.2%, blueberries at 9.8%, Israeli apple at 5.6%, cucumber at 4.2%, strawberry at 3.7%, lemon at 2%, delight apple at 1.4%, black grape at 1.2% and watermelon at 1.1%.