According to a price comparison study carried out by the Central American Consumer Protection Council (CONCADECO), the Dominican Republic and El Salvador lead the countries in the region with the cost of the cheapest Basic Food Basket (CBA).
This was announced by the executive director of the National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro Consumidor), Eddy Alcántara, who explained that the report places the Central American country with the cheapest CBA, with a value of 237 dollars and 89 cents. .
He pointed out that the country is in second place with the cost of the basic basket valued at 290 dollars and 5 cents. He said that the price comparison report made this month details that the cost of food products in Panama is US $306.64; Honduras US$324.65; Nicaragua US$349.40.
Likewise, Guatemala with US$448.89; and Costa Rica has the highest index with a basket that costs 505.35 dollars.
According to the research, the food basket presents a decrease of 0.44% in El Salvador and a maximum of 1.25% in Honduras, except for Guatemala and Costa Rica, which presented price increases of 0.54% and 2.90% respectively.
Alcántara assured that the low prices of basic products that have been registered for months in the country, “guarantee economic stability in favor of the pockets of Dominican consumers.”
Eddy Alcántara explained that the stability of the prices of the majority of the products of the basic basket and the guaranteed supply in the Dominican Republic “is due to the effective economic policy outlined and implemented by President Luis Abinader.”
He added that of the member countries of CONCADECO, “the country is the only one that does not have a shortage problem at present and products are guaranteed in the future.”
