Until last month, the basic family basket registered an increase to $275.66, which represents 4.3%

The National Deputy Director of Free Competition of the Acodeco, Joancy Chávez, revealed this Wednesday that until the month of April of this year, the basic family basket has registered an increase to $275.66, which represents 4.3%.

“Before this year the increases were around 2% year-on-year and now we are seeing that it rises to 4.3%. The increase in fuel came to give a greater increase. Panama is a country that imports almost everything, both products and supplies. ; that definitely impacts our basic basket,” he explained.

Chávez highlighted that this increase in the basic basket refers to $11.00 more compared to the month of April of the previous year.

He mentioned that every month, Acodeco will monitor the prices of the basic family basket, it is done by route and supermarkets. “In April we visited 90 establishments in San Miguelito, Panama Center, Panama East and we found different supermarkets that have various affordable prices,” he said.