potato prices they are not the only ones who are giving in little by little in the main market places of the country, which could be a prelude to the May inflation data published by the Dane next week, and which for April stood at 9.23 percent.
(Rise in rates would not solve high inflation, according to Nobel Economics).
According to a survey carried out by EL TIEMPO based on daily Sipsa data, there are 7 products within the group of vegetables, fruits and tubers that fell in price compared to a year ago, when the country was in full roadblocks due to the national strike that lasted for two months.
This exercise took into account the average prices per kilo reported this Monday in the country’s main wholesale centers such as Corabastos (Bogotá), Bazurto (Cartagena) and Mercar (Armenia), compared to those registered on Monday, May 24, 2021.
(In less than a month, the price of potatoes dropped 50%).
What is falling the most in the main market places is the cucumber, which went from being worth 1,409 pesos a year ago to now being obtained at 928 pesos on average, that is, it had a reduction of 34.1 percent. It must be taken into account that fresh vegetables and legumes weigh 0.34 percent in the family basket measured by the Dane.
the so-called black potato It went from being worth 1,698 pesos per kilo a year ago to 1,392 pesos this Monday, with which the average drop in the main market places is 18 percent. The entire category of potatoes weighs 0.30 percent in the basic basket.
Germán Palacio, manager of the Colombian Federation of Potato Producers (Fedepapa), explains that the price is falling because the country’s large harvest from the Cundiboyacense savannah is already entering, which covers up to 65 percent of the total production. national.
(Food in Colombia: while some go up, others go down in price).
For its part, the green pea in pods decreased by 8.2 percent in the last year, the royal apple gala 8.1 percent and coconut another 4.7 percent. In the latter, the Dane establishes that fresh fruit weighs 0.70 percent of the basket.
Beet and banana also registered a fall, with a negative variation of 2.7 and 0.3 percent, respectively.
What has risen the most?
On the contrary, the rest of the foods in the group of vegetables, fruits and tubers are still more expensive than a year ago. What has risen the most is cassava and paprikawhich are shot up 272 and 109 percent, respectively.
Others that have shown high increases in the last 12 months in the market places are the green hartón banana (75.3 percent), tangerines (63 percent), oranges (62 percent), corn on the cob (59 percent, percent), passion fruit (57 percent) and tomato (56 percent).
Arracacha, carrot and tree tomato also rose 54, 53 and 48 percent, respectively.
And the meat?
If we exclude meals in establishments and outside the home, beef is the food that weighs the most in the basic basket, with a weight of 1.88 percent.
According to the EL TIEMPO survey, taking into account all types of beef and in all market places, this has risen 26.2 percent in the national average. As this is what weighs the most in the basket, despite the advances, food inflation is still on the rise.
What has risen the most in price
1. Cassava 272.00%
2. Paprika 109.30%
3. Harton green banana 75.30%
4. Tangerine 63.50%
5. Orange 62.30%
6. Corn on the cob 59.60%
7. Passion fruit 57.30%
8. Tomato 56.2%
9. Arracacha 54.9%
10. Carrot 53.1%
What has fallen in price
1. Banana banana -0.3%
2. Beet -2.7%
3. Coconut -4.7%
4. Royal gala apple -8.1%
5. Green peas in pod -8.2%
6. Black potato -18.0%
7. Cucumber cucumber -34.1%
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(Taken from THE TIME)
