Green peas is the only food that has registered a considerable increase and reaches S/14 per kilogram in retail markets. Fuels have not changed.
The prices of most food and fuel remain stable in the capital despite roadblocks in various regions of the countryas well as the massive concentration of protesters against the Government and Congress in the main avenues of Metropolitan Lima for several consecutive days.
This situation has not affected the supply of wholesale markets either. Thus, this Thursday 8,653 tons of products entered the Great Wholesale Market of Lima (GMML), which is equivalent to a reduction of only -2.3% in relation to the average volume that is usually registered on that day. For its part, potato income increased by 4.7% and reached 2,576 tons, according to data from the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri).
According to the tour carried out by The Republic In retail supply centers in various parts of the capital, the price of Yungay potatoes ranges between S/2.80 and S/3.20 per kilogram. While the Huayro potato is between S/3.50 and S/4.50. In the case of the yellow potato, its price has fallen from S/8.00 last week to S/5.00. Other vegetables that maintain their price are onion, which is close to S/2.00, lemon (S/6.50), carrot (S/2.50), tomato (S/4.00).
The only product that registers a strong increase is green peas, which in just one week almost tripled its price and went from S/5.00 to S/14.00 per kilogram in the retail market. In the wholesale market it is sold at S/10.38 after increasing S/2.00 in one day.
fuels are maintained
For his part, The fuels have not had significant variations in the taps of Metropolitan Lima in the last days either. Thus, at the Repsol service station on av. Colonial with jr. Huarochiri, La República found that 90 gasohol is sold at S/18.95 per gallon; meanwhile, 95 gasohol reaches S/21.19 and 98 gasohol S/ 22.99. Diesel for vehicle use reaches S/19.39.
In the taps visited, Vehicular LPG achieves a maximum of S/7.89 per kilogram and CNG reaches S/1.60 per kg. Interviewed users said that they have observed that prices have been maintained for two weeks
Source: Larepublica
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