Lemon price drops and reaches S/8 in markets for wholesale stock

After the supply of the Great Wholesale Market of Lima (GMML) fell by 31% on Monday, March 13, and prices will rise more than 13% on average, the daily income of food and its costs have been normalizing during the week points Christian Garaydirector of Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation of Midagri Policies.

“On March 15, prices fell 2.2% and today (yesterday), prices have fallen 3%,” Garay told La República.

In this sense, the official indicated that yesterday the GMML received 8,143 tons, which meant a reduction of around 10% in the usual volume on Thursdays. “In the case of fruit, 2,133 tons have entered. Normally, on a day like today (yesterday), it usually enters 2,700, it has fallen approximately 20%”Garay added.

However, the deliveries of the last few days have allowed food stocks to now be over 70%, both in vegetables and fruits. “The lemon stock, for example, has recovered and is at 90%, and the wholesale price, which was more than S/8 on Monday, is now at S/4.10,” he specified.

In the event of a possible total interruption of the supply, the current provisions would allow supplying the capital for up to four days.

lemon price falls

The reduction in wholesale prices should be transferred immediately to retail markets due to the availability of products, says Garay.

“For example, if the lemon would be rising in a market despite the fact that the wholesaler has gone down, there would be speculation,” warned the spokesman for Midagri. This medium was able to verify that the price of this citrus in Lima markets was reduced by up to 50%. In it Market The mercy, this food dropped from S/10 to S/5 per kg. While in the Aurora Market it went from S/12 to S/8.

The data

Balance. More than 90% of the markets of the 27 cities that Midagri monitors are supplied. In addition, this same percentage of markets are open at the national level, says the Ministry of Agrarian Development.