The price of a kilo of native potatoes in its various varieties increased again and costs 5 soles per kilo in the Wholesale Market. On a tour of the wholesale markets ExMalteria and Miguel Sotelo observed a small amount of the tuber and at a higher price.
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Scarcity and increase worry
The delegate of the potato section of the wholesale market ExMalteria Lima, César de la Cruz Ramos, said that potatoes are scarce and also that prices have increased. The Peruvian potato, huamantanga and camotillo cost 5 soles per kilo in first quality. While the second quality Peruvian is 3.50 soles per kilo.
Yungay potatoes used to cost 1.60 and 1.80 soles per kilo, but now they have risen to 2.50 soles. At the same cost is the canchán, mariva and perricholi. The merchant said that the scarcity is due to lack of rain and the drought that the Mantaro valley is going through. Likewise, another cause is the lack of fertilizers that generated the reduction of plantings.
The wholesaler said that these days in the farms there are only Yungay, Peruvian yellow and Shaolina potatoes, but there is no entry of native potatoes, neither wholesale nor minor, to the markets, what they have is from previous days and it will run out.
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Before, up to 20 trucks of potatoes entered the wholesale market daily, but now only 4 to 5 trucks enter. One of the items affected are the tourist and recreational restaurants that buy native potatoes for the daily sale of typical dishes and now they have no way to supply them.
In the Miguel Sotelo market, before they sold for 1.40 soles per kilo and now they sell for 2.50 per kilo. While the Peruvian potato is S / 5.50 soles. Now that the price has risen, housewives have decreased their purchases of the product, they barely carry 1 to 2 kilos when before they bought between 5 and 10 kilos for the week.
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